FREN 313 Current Events in France and the Francophone World
In French 313, we will focus our inquiry on complicated dimensions of identity in contemporary France and the Francophone world through an analysis of current events as presented in newspaper articles, blogs, radio reports, video reports, and contemporary music, literature and film. Through the course of the semester we will consider topics including but not limited to regional identities; language practices and policies; political parties and governments; religious identities; migration and immigration; urban poets and activism; and relationships between France and the Francophone world. In our readings, viewings, and discussions, we will consider historical, socio-cultural, geographic, political and economic elements as they relate to questions, configurations, and reconfigurations of “French” and “Francophone” identities. This course will be offered in French.
Prerequisite
FREN 202 or department permission.