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Dec 21, 2024
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2021 - 2022 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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FRN 346 - The Francophone Caribbean World: From Plantation to Emancipation4 credits (Spring)
This seminar explores relations between the francophone Caribbean islands (Haiti, Guadeloupe and Martinique) and the métropole from the colonial period to the present. It addresses topics such as slavery, négritude, identity, multilingualism, diaspora, globalization and the environmental challenges facing the region. Students will examine poetry, theater, fiction and film. Authors to be studied include Césaire, Fanon, Roumain, Chamoiseau, Glissant, Condé, Laferrière and Frankétienne.
Prerequisite: FRN 312 or FRN 313 .
Note: Not offered every year. Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Caradec
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