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HM 207 - NCH Introduction to Francophone Literatures and Films

4.00 credits.
(Non-Western Cultural Heritage Core Course)
This course offers a non euro-centric presentation of the French-speaking cultures of the world through cinema, literature and media. From West Africa, North Africa, and the Caribbean, we will explore the themes of orality, slavery, colonization/decolonization, representation of the French Caribbean diaspora with documentary films and language as resistance against assimilation. All movies and documentaries have English subtitles. Students will use view movies and read literatures to prepare for ongoing classroom discussions and presentations.