(DE)COLONIAL NARRATIVES IN FRENCH in Spring 2025 (FR3052)

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Embark on a journey through the French-speaking world, exploring diverse literary and cultural expressions from Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean, and Europe. This course surveys multigeneric colonial and postcolonial narratives, spanning continents and mediums-poems, novels, graphic novels, and films-dating from 1661 to today. We analyze how authors and directors (de)construct(neo-)colonial archives, ideologies, and stereotypes. Prerequisite: FR2100.

Course Master: 
(DE)COLONIAL NARRATIVES IN FRENCH (FR3052)
Term: 
Spring 2025
Discipline: 
FR (French)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
CCI
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Exam Date: 
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 09:00
Pre-requisites: 
FR2100 OR FR2100CCI OR FR2101 OR FR2102 OR FR2200 OR FR2200CCI
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will be introduced to the cultures, literatures, and politics of the Francophone world of Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean, and Hexagonal France.
  2. Students will be introduced to theories of postcolonialism, race, gender, and ecocriticism.
  3. Students will develop the ability to engage with literature using a transdisciplinary approach, synthesizing insights from various academic fields such as history, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and cinema, among others.
  4. Students will improve reasoning, speaking, and writing skills in French.

Syllabus

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Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, January 13, 2025
End Date: 
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
10:35
11:55
SD-3
Friday
10:35
11:55
SD-3