ETHNIC STUDIES IN THE FRENCH/FRANCOPHONE WORLD(S)

FRENCH 228

Enhance writing and speaking proficiency through cultural readings on France and the francophone world. Review of grammar and focus on more complex grammatical structures.

FRENCH 665

Study of literary texts from diverse Francophone cultures (Africa, the Caribbean, Quebec) and the cultural and political dynamics between these texts and these cultures. Taught in French.

FRENCH 642

Survey of major socio-political, cultural, and economic developments in the major French-speaking regions of the world, with a focus on Europe, Africa and Canada. Taught in French.

LITTRANS 303

Explores topics in French and Francophone cultures by examining their conceptualizations throughout history as well as their representations in literature and different media such as film and graphic novels. Understand the specificity of French and Francophone cultures and literatures, their contributions to the world's multicultural heritage, and ponder the cultural traditions they claim their own. Possible topics: gender relations, race and ethnicity, social justice, institutional forms of power, human emotions, immigration, colonization and its literary heritage, aesthetic ideals, everyday forms of human interaction, historical memory and its repression, education and acculturation, social rituals, the cultural and political role of language, etc.

AFRICAN/FRENCH 216

Modern and contemporary topics in the African francophone world, which includes both the African continent and the African diaspora. Taught in English.