L’Afrance: un livre/un film
Course Description
Summary
Vive l’Afrance! This film title (Gomis, 2001) summarizes the goal of this course: an exploration of the rich variety of shared and conflicting francophone identities. Constructed within or outside of France, the texts studied in this course will encompass West African, French, and/or Caribbean spaces. The discussion of notions such as « créolisation » will allow students to develop their linguistic, cultural and critical skills. Each unit will consist of the study of a book and a film, studied in conversation with one another. Authors include Franz Fanon, Maboula Soumahoro; filmmakers include Alice Diop and Amandine Gay. Advanced level.
Learning Outcomes
- • Learn/improve the analysis of literary, cinematic, pictorial, or other texts
• Reflect on concepts/notions such as creolization, Relation, etc.
• Maintain and improve your knowledge of the French language
• Maintain and improve your ability to read and write in French
• Refine the use of grammatical structures
• Enrich vocabulary
• Learn and develop analytical and critical vocabulary
• Present diverse information clearly and in an organized manner
• Develop strategies for taking a position and supporting a thesis with convincing arguments
• Develop the ability to analyze and explain underlying cultural perspectives/principles
Prerequisites
Permission of instructor.
Please contact the faculty member : nrouxel-cubberly@bennington.edu
Corequisites
Enrollment in Stephen Shapiro's course: "Texts in Transit: Translating from French to English"
- Attend 2 CSL events, including the French one
- Attend the French table at least twice
Cross List
- Black Studies