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Fall 2017  |  FREN 8420 Section 001: Critical Issues: Francophone Literature (34705)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Thu 02:30PM - 05:00PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 112
Course Catalog Description:
Critical issues relating to literature of Francophone world. Specific topics/texts vary.
Class Notes:
Course Title: The Mediterranean in the Global Era: Theory, Literature, Art Course Description: In this course, we will interrogate what the Mediterranean has come to mean in the global era. We will read theoretical, critical and philosophical texts that will help us to rethink this region in the context of heightened migrations and harshened anti-migration policies. We will also discuss how this region has been depicted by media coverage and political discourse. In addition, we will study literary, cinematic and artistic works that have appeared in various Mediterranean countries. We will specifically focus on clandestine crossings and how they have been represented in cultural productions from Europe, the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore, we will assess how recent events too have contributed to a remapping of the "Sea of the Middle" in the collective imagination. Our examination of this migratory pattern and its tragic death toll will inform our understanding of the maritime cemetery and its impact on the reshaping of local beliefs and practices, including haunting, mourning, burials and rituals. The seminar will be conducted in English.
Class Description:
Critical issues relating to literature of Francophone world. Specific topics/texts vary.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34705/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
29 August 2017

Fall 2013  |  FREN 8420 Section 001: Critical Issues: Francophone Literature -- La Francophonie medievale (33986)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Tue 02:30PM - 05:00PM
UMTC, East Bank
Virtual Rooms ROOM-TBA
Course Catalog Description:
Critical issues relating to literature of Francophone world. Specific topics/texts vary. Taught in French.
Class Notes:
Class will meet in Folwell Hall 315
Class Description:
Introduction a la francophonie medievale. This course will provide an introduction to the emergent field known as "la francophonie medievale," that is, the literature written in French outside the borders of what is today France during the Middle Ages. Most of this literature was written during the Crusades and concerns colonization of the Eastern Mediterranean. In addition to this literature, the class will study theoretical issues relating to this body of material. There will also be occasion to address representations of cultures and peoples outside of "France" written within its borders. The course requires a reading knowledge of modern French, but will be conducted in English.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33986/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
16 May 2013

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