FR 487African and Caribbean Literatures in French

This course examines literary works written in French in the Caribbean and in Africa (Maghreb and Sub-Saharan region) in the 20th and 21st centuries. This course offers a combination of a wide range of literary genres (novel, autobiographical narrative, poetry, epistolary, fairy tales, etc.) as well as a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to textual analysis. Through discussions and written assignments, students will learn about Francophone African and Caribbean history, culture, and identity by analyzing, comparing, and contrasting readings in different historical contexts.