French

FR4554Otherness in Francophone Literatures from Africa and the Caribbean3 ch (3C)

Discover the African and Caribbean literary traditions through a reflection on “Otherness”. What is the Other? The gaze? Exoticism? How does the question of Otherness allow us to re-analyze francophone texts treating of colonization, slavery, racism and genocide? Study of various literary genres, including a selection of essays, poems, novels and travel journals written by authors from Martinique, Haiti, Algeria and the Ivory Coast.