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Academic Year 2000/2001
Poets and Playwrights of Negritude
FREN 283 FA
This course studies the works of the major black poets and playwrights of the French-speaking world--Africa and the Caribbean--from the mid-20s to the present.
MAJOR READINGS
Works of Leon Laleau, Carl Brouard, Emile Roumer, Rene Depestre. Leon Damas, Selections from PIGMENTS Aime Cesaire, CAHIER D'UN RETOUR AU PAYS NATAL, selections from LES ARMES MIRACULEUSES et al Leopold Senghor,
Selections from CHANTS D'OMBRE,
HOSTIES NOIRES, and NOCTURNES Guy Tirolien, Selections from BALLES D'OR Malick Fall, Selections from RELIEFS David Diop, Selections from COUPS DE PILON Seydou Badian, LA MORT DE CHAKA Aime Cesaire, LA TRAGEDIE
DU ROI CHRISTOPHE Bernard Dadie,
MONSIEUR THOGO-GNINI Eugene Dervain, LA REINE SCELERATE Daniel Boukmann, CHANTS POUR HATER LA MORT DU TEMPS DES ORPHEES Other selected texts.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
One final paper; several short papers including one oral report.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This course is intended for students who have completed a French course numbered 215 or higher or have placed out of FREN 215 through the placement test this fall. Unless preregistered students attend the first class
meeting or communicate directly
with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RLAN
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
FREN215
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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