Jun 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

FR 4511 - Francophone Literature and Culture of Africa and the Caribbean


Representative works by 20th- and 21st-century writers of Africa and the Caribbean. Authors studied include (but are not limited to) Malika Mokeddem, Assia Djebar, Calixthe Beyala, Ferdinand Oyono, Léopold Senghor, Aimé Césaire, Maryse Condé, Simone Schwarz-Bart. Works are studied in their historical and cultural contexts. Readings, lectures, films, and discussions.

Requisites: FR 3550 or 3560
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • The successful student demonstrates an understanding of a literary period, genre, movement, and the reciprocal relationship between Francophone literature, culture, and history.
  • The successful student demonstrates competence in analytic and synthetic frameworks for interpreting literary texts within the intellectual and sociopolitical context of the authors’ times.
  • The successful student participates in interactive class discussions that analyze and synthesize ideas.
  • The successful student writes thoughtful academic papers by consulting appropriate bibliographic databases and following the conventions of the discipline.


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