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FRN 5017: World Literatures in French (3 cr.)

The course examines literature written in French by writers from the Maghreb (North Africa), the Caribbean and Subsaharan Africa. A strong emphasis will be placed on the status of women, sexuality, religion, and the postcolonial status of Francophone countries and their relationship with France. We will also define what constitutes Francophone literature, the use of language and the Negritude movement. The course material includes historical and critical texts, novels, short stories, poems and films by writers and filmmakers such as Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Mariama Bâ, Maryse Condé, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Assia Djebar, and Ousmane Sembène, among others Prerequisite: FRN 5024.

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