FREN6723A-L19
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
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 2019 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session
- Location:
- Le Chateau 109(CHT 109)
- Schedule:
- 1:30pm-2:20pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Jul 4, 2019 to Aug 16, 2019)
- 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):
- 60327
- Subject Code:
- FREN
- Course Number:
- 6723
- Section Identifier:
- A