Focuses upon recent innovations in the French novel, and upon the postmodernist literary aesthetic. Students will examine a variety of avant-garde novels, and analyze the kinds of literary experimentation that those novels propose. They will be asked to consider a series of questions concerning the changing nature of literary representation and the status of the novel as a cultural form. Taught in English. Restricted to juniors/seniors. Cannot be used for major or minor credit. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).