INTRODUCTION TO FRANCOPHONE STUDIES

FRENCH 672

Explores a specific topic in the history of French and/or Francophone literature and culture; includes analysis and interpretation of texts and/or film in their historical contexts. May be focused on one, or cut across different literary periods. Applies diverse interpretative methodologies to a coherent body of material. Taught in French.

FRENCH 567

Particular emphasis on discussion, research, and collective preparation of readings, on a topic within French and/or Francophone literary studies. 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.

FRENCH 461

A study of how literature has evolved over the course of French history, in relation to a chosen topic. Taught in French.

FRENCH 248

An introduction to French colonialism in the New World and its effects on African-American, Afro-Creole, Native American, Franco-American, Cajun, and Caribbean diasporan communities in the U.S. through literature, history, and culture.