Fall 2012

Literature in French Outside Europe: Introduction to Francophone Studies

Listed in: French, as FREN-353

Formerly listed as: BLST-22  |  FREN-36  |  FREN-53

Faculty

Leah D. Hewitt (Section 01)

Description

This course will explore cross-cultural intersections and issues of identity and alienation in the works of leading writers from the French-speaking Caribbean and West Africa. Our discussions will focus on the sociopolitical positions and narrative strategies entertained in key texts of postcolonial literature (both fiction and critical essays). Issues involving nationalism, race, gender, assimilation and multilingualism will help to shape our discussion of how postcolonial subjects share in or distinguish themselves from certain tenets of Western thought. At issue, then, is the way French Caribbean and West African literatures and cultures trace their own distinctiveness and value. Conducted in French.

Requisite: One of the following--FREN 207, 208, 311, 312 or equivalent. Fall semester. Professor Hewitt.

Offerings

2022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2009, Fall 2012, Fall 2023