FREN6723A-L18
Writing Postcolonial Childhood
Writing Postcolonial Childhood
This course examines the genre of autobiography based on the classical works of Patrick Chamoiseau (Antan d’enfance), Dany Laferrière (L’odeur du café) and Camara Laye (L’enfant noir). The special forms of autobiography in twentieth century francophone literature of Africa and West Indies will be analyzed including identity questions, narrative forms and authors’ ideologies.
Required texts:
- Patrick CHAMOISEAU, Une enfance créole I. Antan d’enfance, Gallimard, Folio, 1996, ISBN-13: 978-2070400010
- Dany LAFERRIERE, L’odeur du café, Zulma, 2016, ISBN-13: 978-2843047756
- Camara LAYE, L’enfant noir, Pocket, 2017
ISBN-13: 978-2266178945
This course examines the genre of autobiography based on the classical works of Patrick Chamoiseau (Antan d’enfance), Dany Laferrière (L’odeur du café) and Camara Laye (L’enfant noir). The special forms of autobiography in twentieth century francophone literature of Africa and West Indies will be analyzed including identity questions, narrative forms and authors’ ideologies.
Required texts:
- Patrick CHAMOISEAU, Une enfance créole I. Antan d’enfance, Gallimard, Folio, 1996, ISBN-13: 978-2070400010
- Dany LAFERRIERE, L’odeur du café, Zulma, 2016, ISBN-13: 978-2843047756
- Camara LAYE, L’enfant noir, Pocket, 2017
ISBN-13: 978-2266178945
- Term:
- Summer 2018 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session
- Location:
- Le Chateau 110(CHT 110)
- Schedule:
- 2:30pm-3:20pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Jul 5, 2018 to Aug 17, 2018)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Romuald-Blaise Fonkoua
- Subject:
- French
- Department:
- French
- Division:
- Language School
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Literature
- Levels:
- Graduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 60446
- Subject Code:
- FREN
- Course Number:
- 6723
- Section Identifier:
- A