Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: POETICS AND POLITICS OF FRANCOPHONIE

Department: *Classical & European Studies*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This seminar focuses on various literary, artistic, and political expressions of "francohonie" as both legitimated and contested concept. It encompasses a plurality of geo-cultural areas: sub-Saharan Africa, the Maghreb, and the Caribbean, and Quebec. It also examines how notions of postcolonialism and transnationalism intersect discourses of postmodernity. Undergraduate version of FREN 574 with shorter reading list and research paper. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: FREN 574. Recommended Prerequisite(s): Completion of one 300-level course or permission of instructor Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for FREN 474 if student has credit for FREN 574.