MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY FRANCOPHONE TOPICS

AFRICAN 204

Special topics related to African languages and/or linguistics at the introductory level. Introduction to the diversity of African languages, superdiverse multilingual African societies, and the relationships between language and other societal issues.

FRENCH 348

An introduction to political, social, intellectual, artistic and literary developments in French and Francophone culture, within the time period from the French Revolution to the current era. Taught in French.

FRENCH/INTLBUS 314

Cultural study of contemporary Francophone Africa, focusing on issues in government, organizations and enterprise. Exploration of cultural and professional relations between Francophone Africa and France, the European Union, and the United States.

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.

AFRICAN/FRENCH 440

Overview of cinematic works from francophone Africa and/or other areas of Africa. Teaches analysis and writing about cinema. Explores links between cinema and national or regional politics and ideology. Examines spectatorship in relation to questions of identity formation.