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Academic Year 2003/2004
20th C. Franco-Caribbean Literature and the Search for Identity
FREN 225 SP
This course investigates how 20th C. Francophone Literature from the Caribbean has tried to define Caribbean identity. Through a study of literary texts and other artistic expressions from Guadeloupe, Martinique, Haiti,
Guyana and Louisiana, we will explore the evolution of Caribbean self-definition, through the major concepts of Negritude, Antillanite, Creolite and Louisianitude.
MAJOR READINGS
Stephen Alexis, LE NEGRE MASQUE (1933) [if available]
Cesaire, CAHIER D'UN RETOUR AU PAYS NATAL (1939)
Damas, Leon-Gontran, BLACK LABEL (1956)
Schwarz-Bart, Simone, PLUIE ET VENT SUR TELUMEE MIRACLE
(1972)
Chamoiseau, Patrick, ENFANCE CREOLE
I: ANTAN D'ENFANCE (1990)
Conde, Maryse, TRAVERSEE DE LA MANGROVE (1989)
Additional texts (fiction and theory) by Edouard Glissant, Frantz Fanon, Jean Bernabe, etc.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Several short papers, final paper, oral presentation.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This is an introductory course intended for students who have completed FREN 215 or have placed out of FREN 215 through placement test, but not taken more than one course in French beyond 215 and not yet studied abroad
in a French-speaking country.
Students who have already taken two courses in French beyond FREN 215 or studied abroad should take 300-level courses.
Only COL students will be allowed to take the course CR/U.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA FREN
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Leservot,Typhaine
- Times: .M.W.F. 10:00AM-10:50AM; Location: FISK412
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)
- SR. major: 3 Jr. major: 7
- SR. non-major: X Jr. non-major: 0 SO: 7 FR: 3
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004
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