FREN 045A. Le monde francophone: Littératures afro-caribéennes

In this course, we will analyze a selection of key literary texts (novel, short story, poetry, film, visual art and/or theater) by authors from the Francophone Caribbean in their historical and cultural contexts. Francophone Afro-Caribbean literatures are the literary and cultural expression of people from the French-speaking Caribbean including Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana. By exploring the construction of a Caribbean identity through and beyond Négritude, Antillanité, Créolité, feminism/womanism, relation and migration, we will critically engage with selected works by Aimé Césaire, Patrick Chamoiseau, Edouard Glissant, Léon Gontran-Damas, Maryse Condé, Simone Schwarz-Bart, Suzanne Césaire, and many others.
Prerequisite: FREN 015 or placement required.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Eligible for BLST, GLBL-paired.
Spring 2023. Smith.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: French and Francophone Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/french-francophone-studies

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