Resistance and Collaboration in Occupied France (FR-0178)

Fall 2026 · FR 0178 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Literature and films of the French experience of Nazi Occupation to better understand the horrors of this period, the morally ambiguous stance of many in the French population, the heroic actions of the resistance, and the murderous actions of collaborators. Readings may include memoirs, novels, letters, speeches, essays, and political tracts by Hélène Berr, Lucie Aubrac, Marguerite Duras, Lucie Aubrac, Joseph Kessel, Patrick Modiano, Robert Brasillach, Vercors, Simone de Beauvoir, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, and Hannah Arendt. Films may include Le chagrin et la pitié, L’armée des ombres, Lacombe Lucien, Au revoir les enfants, La bataille du rail. In French. Recommendations: FR31 and FR32 or instructor permission.

Course codes: FR-0178, FR 0178, FR0178, FR-178, FR 178, FR178

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