FRE 207F is an intensive, total immersion program taught in Aix-en-Provence. Designed and led by Princeton faculty to give students an opportunity to immerse in French culture and hone their linguistic skills while exploring Provence. Daily classes include an introduction to journalistic and creative writing, grammar review, discussion of current affairs, films, and readings, as well as cultural visits and study trips. Admission by application and interview. Possibility of a Princeton-in-France internship immediately after 207F.

The French Revolution is the key event of political modernity. This course examines both its core political concepts and their expression in the general culture of the time. Revolutionary ideas - citizenship, democracy, the nation-state, dictatorship, liberty, equality, representation, progress, human rights - reshaped the norms not only of politics, but also of literature and art. To understand these innovations, we will concentrate on: the theories that laid the foundations for the Revolution; literary and theoretical texts from the major acts of the revolutionary period; artistic and political responses to the Revolution up until today.