Explore major contemporary works in French by authors from diverse regions, such as Western and Eastern Europe, North and sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, South America, and East, South, and Southeast Asia. Taught in French.
Athena Title
World Literature in French
Prerequisite
FREN 3030 or FREN 3030H or FREN 3030E
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will learn the major authors and work from around the French-speaking world since the early 20th century. Students will learn to analyze individual styles, genre structures, and qualities that characterize a wide range of modern literature of French expression, with particular attention to the opposition between artistic traditions and the innovative and revolutionary qualities of modern artistic movements. Coursework will encourage students to situate literary works in their cultural, historic, and linguistic context. In their readings, oral and written assignments, and exams, students will be expected to develop the vocabulary, reading skills, literary terminology, and analytical techniques necessary to understand and discuss contemporary literary works effectively.
Students will learn to analyze individual styles, genre structures, and qualities that characterize a wide range of modern literature of French expression, with particular attention to the opposition between artistic traditions and the innovative and revolutionary qualities of modern artistic movements. Coursework will encourage students to situate literary works in their cultural, historic, and linguistic context. In their readings, oral and written assignments, and exams, students will be expected to develop the vocabulary, reading skills, literary terminology, and analytical techniques necessary to understand and discuss contemporary literary works effectively.
Students will learn to situate literary works in their cultural, historic, and linguistic context.
Topical Outline
Francophonie versus World Literature in French, manifestos, and proposals
Language, history, geography, and identity
Francophonie and Quebec, the Caribbean and Africa, traditions and transformations
French-language literature from Eastern Europe
French-language literature from South America
French-language literature from East Asia
French-language literature from South and Southeast Asia
