Course Catalog - 2016-2017

     

FREN 587 - LITERATURE, ART & COLONIALITY

Long Title: LITERATURE, ART AND COLONIALITY
Department: *Classical & European Studies*
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Description: How do concepts like coloniality, exoticism, primitivism, the modern baroque apply to texts and artifacts produced at the crossroads of (post)colonial and transnational encounters? Focus on Orientalists, Matisse, Djebar, Simon, Boudjedra, Borduas, Atlan, Khadda, and Glissant. Taught in English. Choice of reading materials and assignments in either English or French. Cross-list: HART 587, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: FREN 487. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for FREN 587 if student has credit for FREN 487.