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In the spring of 2015, Colby students from the course FR 371 "L'écriture de soi / Writing the Self," taught by Assistant Professor Audrey Brunetaux, analyzed a variety of written and visual texts to understand how French writers, artists, and filmmakers conceptualize the notion of the "self." Research projects on Alex Katz, James McNeill Whistler and Mary Cassatt, accessible in French and English below, enabled students to apply the concepts and theories from class to textual and visual material in the Colby College Museum of Art.
Cassatt: A Vision of Self
Cassatt (French).pdf (68 kB)
Cassatt: Une Vision de Soi
Katz (English).pdf (64 kB)
Absence in the Early Work of Alex Katz
Katz (French).pdf (66 kB)
Absence dans les oeuvres d'Alex Katz
Whistler (English).pdf (84 kB)
Display and Disguise in Whistler
Whistler (French).pdf (74 kB)
Exposition et voile dans les oeuvres de Whistler
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FR 371 Writing the Self / L'ecriture de soi
In the spring of 2015, Colby students from the course FR 371 "L'écriture de soi / Writing the Self," taught by Assistant Professor Audrey Brunetaux, analyzed a variety of written and visual texts to understand how French writers, artists, and filmmakers conceptualize the notion of the "self." Research projects on Alex Katz, James McNeill Whistler and Mary Cassatt, accessible in French and English below, enabled students to apply the concepts and theories from class to textual and visual material in the Colby College Museum of Art.
Links
Mary Cassatt, Susan Looking Down at her Hands, ca. 1883
Alex Katz, Track Jacket, 1956
James McNeill Whistler, Whistler with a Hat, 1859