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

IDCE 321 - The French-Speaking World

Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
An interdisciplinary analysis of questions of cultural identity as they have been elaborated by Francophone writers during the colonial and particularly the postcolonial period, with special emphasis on French-speaking Africa, the Antilles, and the Maghreb. Through literature, social texts and film we explore such issues as tradition and modernity, conflicts between (and within) indigenous and French social codes; the Algerian war and its legacy; women and Islam.

Prerequisites: Two French courses above 130 or permission.

Cross Listed: ID 249 

Instructor: Ms. Kaufmann

When Offered: Offered periodically

Faculty: TBA