FREN 045. Ecrire le Moi/Writing the Self


Reading the texts by authors of various parts of the Francophone world who, through their confessions, memoirs, autobiographies, autofictions, journals, etc., narrate different moments of their life. We will explore the role of history, social class, language, education, race, colonial past, in the construction of their subjectivity and identity, and will also read their texts as keys to the understanding of the cultures and societies they inhabit. Parallel reading of studies on the various forms of the autobiographical genre will inform us on the writings of authors such as Rousseau, Sartre, Ferraoun, Bouraoui, Nothomb, Genet, Lefevre, Zoble, Condé, Pineau, Maximin, Lahens, Sarraute, Duras. In French.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: French and Francophone Studies  
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/french-francophone-studies


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