FREN 245 | Women Writers of the Francophone Diaspora

In this course, students analyze modern literature by women from francophone diaspora. This course focuses on increasing cultural competency and allows students to read in translation three novels and a play from francophone women writers. Students examine writings from Senegal, Haiti, Quebec and France/Morocco that address issues of personal autonomy, female creativity, social constraints, and cliché of sexual identity. The course also draws from the work of some francophone female cineastes, such as Mati Diop's 2019 drama Atlantics. Although student read the work in translation, class instruction is entirely in French