AFST 386 - Francophone African Literature II (in English)

Fall or Spring (3) Compan-Barnard

This course explores the sub-Saharan African and Caribbean literature written in French that emerged in the French colonial period and continues in the post-colonial period. Major topics to be examined include Negritude and the rise of political consciousness, cultural conflict with the West, women’s voices, Creolite, and post-independence literature. (Cross listed with FREN 386)