French 4192 - Tragedy and Farce in African Francophone Literature

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Washington University in St Louis

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This course explores the literary construction of nationalist opposition in colonial Africa, and the subsequent disillusionment with its artificiality in tragic or farcical literature from the independent era to the present. In 1960, most of the French colonies in Africa gained independence in a largely peaceful transfer of power. Since then, this development has been viewed alternatively as the triumph of self-determination, and as a hollow act undermined by neocolonial French ministries, multinational companies, and corrupt governments. Reading authors such as Chraibi, Kourouma, Kane, Tansi, and Lopes, we consider the ways that literature entered into dialogue with political discourses that seem to call for tragic or farcical portrayal. Prerequisites: French 325 and French 326 or one of these courses and the equivalent Washington University transfer literature course from Toulouse or Paris. One-hour preceptorial for undergraduates. Taught in French.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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