AFRICANA STUDIES 334c - d.Caribbean and African Theater from the Francophone World

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Bowdoin College

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Fall 2006. ST ¦PHANIE B éRARD. Analysis of modern and contemporary theater written by Caribbean playwrights (Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Haiti) as well as by Francophone African writers (Benin and Ivory Coast). Examines issues of colonialism and postcolonialism; reappropriation of history; exile and immigration; and tensions between race, gender, and social classes through subversive theatrical works that challenge Western literary canons. Readings include Aimé and Ina Césaire, Maryse Condé, Gerty Dambury, Koffi Kwahulé, José Pliya. The playoriginally written in French, are read and analyzed in English. (Same as Latin American Studies 334.) Prerequisite: At least one 200-level course in Africana Studies or Latin American Studies, or permission of the instructor.

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3.00

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www.bowdoin.edu/

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(207) 725-3000

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New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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