Lecture, three hours. Introduction to theories of autobiography and subjectivity, and to genre of autobiography in literatures in French across centuries. Topics include early modern approaches to self-writing, Rousseau and emergence of modern self, women's autobiography in France and Francophone world. Theorists may include Georges Gusdorf, Philippe Lejeune, Paul de Man, Jacques Derrida, Helene Cixous, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, Toril Moi. S/U or letter grading.