"French Existentialism: Sartre, Coffee, and Cigarettes"French existentialism was an attitude that defined an era.  For the first time in history, an obscure philosophical movement based on the ethics of personal choice led to a revolution in youth culture starting in the cafés and nightclubs of Paris and spreading throughout the world.  This course will examine not only the exciting literary and philosophical works that founded the movement, but also the cultural revolution it inspired. Works by Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Boris Vian, and films by Jean Cocteau, Jean-Luc Godard, and Agnès Varda. Taught in FrenchOne two-hour desk exam (50%) and one 3000-word essay (50%)