Chantal Thomas: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2016

Name Dr. Chantal Thomas
Address
Rosa Pittorino
Clausiusstr. 25, RZ H 12
D-GESS
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
DepartmentHumanities, Social and Political Sciences
RelationshipVisiting Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
851-0331-05LThe Art of Conversation3 credits2VC. Thomas
AbstractThis course will offer the occasion to reflect upon the art of conversation: its codes, its pleasures of improvisation, its worldly aspects and its importance in everyday life.
ObjectiveThis will permit us to consider different figures of the writer and salon hostess, such as Mme de Lafayette, Mme du Deffand, Julie de Lespinasse, and Mme de Staël.