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Sep 27, 2024
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WMST 406 - Francophone Literature and Films in Translation (3 units) CO10, CO13
Selected topics in the literatures and films of French-speaking countries other than France. Topics may include race, class, cultural diversity, autonomy, pre/post colonial literary theory.
Prerequisite(s): CH 201 or CH 202 or CH 203; ENG 102; and Junior or Senior standing.
Units of Lecture: 3
Core Status: Diversity, General Capstone, CO10, CO13
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to articulate in writing and verbally the intersections between identity, gender, class and race as portrayed in various Francophone films and literary pieces.
2. Students will be able to demonstrate critical reading skills when interpreting, analyzing, discussing and evaluating a variety of texts, films and popular media originating from all around the Francophone world. Students will pay particular attention to diverse manifestations of social inequities and systematically analyze the dynamic between a specific dominant discourse and the values supported by the behaviors and discourses produced by various characters presented in the movies, novels and other pop culture sources.
3. Students will be able to assert through discussion, weekly written assignments and essays their ability to analyze and interpret primary sources in different forms such as Francophone novels, cinema and popular media. They will be asked to decipher the ethical principles at work in each work as well as what obstacles such principles encounter.
4. Students will be able to articulate in writing, or if called upon verbally, an understanding of diverse global Francophone identities in comparison to dominant Francocentric cultures within a Eurocentric context. This will be achieved specifically through the study of literature, film, theoretical and academic articles and essays, history and politics.
5. Student will be able to pose and discuss ethical questions relevant to colonization, racial discrimination, homophobia and social injustice through artistic decisions made by authors and film directors.
6. Students will be able to analyze and synthesize through assignments, research papers and class activities an awareness of theories and research relevant to the study of Francophone literature and film with special attention given to identity within an oppressed group, whether related to race, class, gender or culture.
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