Poets and Playwrights of Negritude
FREN 383
Spring 2008
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AFAM 229 |
This course studies the works of the major black poets and playwrights of the French-speaking world - Africa and the Caribbean - from the mid-'20s to the present. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Interpretation, Logical Reasoning
Student's intelligent reading of a variety of French literary texts, especially as regards their moralistic, socially- conscious elements as seen in contrast to their primarily aesthetic character; and 2) the student's ability to enunciate in an articula
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RLAN |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (FRST-MN)(FRST)(RMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Works of Léon Laleau, Carl Brouard, Emile Roumer, René Dépestre
Selections from
Léon Damas, PIGMENTS
Aimé Césaire, CAHIER D'UN RETOUR AU PAYS NATAL, LES ARMES MIRACULEUSES
Léopold Senghor, CHANTS D'OMBRE, HOSTIES NOIRES, and NOCTURNES
Guy Tirolien, BALLES D'OR
Malick Fall, RELIEFS
David Diop, COUPS DE PILON
Aimé Césaire, LA TRAGEDIE DU ROI CHRISTOPHE
Seydou Badian, LA MORT DE CHAKA
Bernard Dadié, MONSIEUR THOGO-GNINI
Eugene Dervain, LA REINE SCELERATE
Daniel Boukmann, CHANTS POUR HATER LA MORT DU TEMPS DES ORPHEES
Selected historical and critical texts.
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Examinations and Assignments:
One final paper; several short papers including one oral report. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
While any student who has completed FREN 215 (with a minimum grade of B) or has placed out of FREN 215 through the placement test may sign up for this course, it is an advanced course intended for students who have already taken two courses in French beyond 215 or already studied abroad in a French-speaking country. Readings, written assignments and class discussions will be in French. Only COL students may take this course for pass/fail. |
| Instructor(s): Shapiro,Norman R. Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: RLAN106; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 18 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
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