2010-2011 Academic Catalog 
    
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2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

FREN 248 - The French-Speaking World


An interdisciplinary analysis of the problematic role of French language and the culture it represents in various parts of the world, emphasizing French-speaking Africa, the Maghreb, and the Antilles. Through literature, social texts, and film we explore such issues as tradition and modernity; the negritude movements; the Algerian war; women and Islam; conflicts between indigenous and French social codes.

Instructor: Ms. Ferly

When Offered: Offered every other year

Faculty: Odile Ferly, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of French