FREN 218 - Memory,Culture and Identity In French Caribbean Literatures

Institution:

Hobart William Smith Colleges

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Description:

This course offers students windows into Francophone Caribbean cultureand society as a literary construction. We analyze the problem of identity through a study of Caribbean literary movements. Topics include discrimination and violence; exile and identity; the writings of diversity; French civilization and post-colonial literary relations; the search for Africa and metaphors of origin; writing in diaspora; gender, race and memory. (Dahouda, offered occasionally )

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HWS.EDU

Phone Number:

(315) 781-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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