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Dec 23, 2025
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FR 5511 - Francophone Literature and Culture of Africa and the Caribbean
Representative works by 20th- and 21st-century writers of Africa and the Caribbean. Authors studied include (but are not limited to) Malika Mokeddem, Assia Djebar, Calixthe Beyala, Ferdinand Oyono, Léopold Senghor, Aimé Césaire, Maryse Condé, Simone Schwarz-Bart. Works are studied in their historical and cultural contexts. Readings, lectures, films, and discussions.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- The successful student demonstrates an in-depth understanding of a literary period, genre, movement, and the reciprocal relationship between Francophone literature, culture, and history.
- The successful student demonstrates mastery of analytic and synthetic frameworks for interpreting literary texts within the intellectual and sociopolitical context of the authors’ times.
- The successful student leads interactive class discussions that analyze and synthesize ideas.
- The successful student writes extended original academic papers by consulting appropriate bibliographic databases and following the conventions of the discipline.
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