FRENCH LITERATURE
Successful acquisition of skills and knowledge will be assessed at the end of the course, through final oral examination to be taken in French.
Being acquainted with Caribbean French Literature and its most important writers;
Drawing connections between Literature and History;
Knowing how to read, discuss and analyze a literary work;
Knowing the work of Lyonel Trouillot (Haiti), Maryse Condé (Guadeloupe), Patrick Chamoiseau (Martinique).
Caribbean Literature in French is rich and vast in its literary output, often willing to turn around the values of Occidental world. For the academic year 2015/2016, the French Literature programme is named “Travelling around the Caribbean Island”. The course will discover the most important contemporary caribbean writers and their literary – and political – work.
Students are required to study 4 books, to be chosen among the ones listed below:
1. Patrick Chamoiseau, Texaco (1992)
2. Patrick Chamoiseau, L’empreinte à Crusoé (2012)
3. Maryse Condé, Moi, Tituba sorcière… (1986)
4. Maryse Condé, La Migration des cœurs (1995)
5. Lyonel Trouillot, Bicentenaire (2004)
6. Lyonel Trouillot, La Belle amour humaine (2011)
7. Édouard Glissant, Poétique de la relation (Poétique III) (1990)
Suggested reading
The following textbook is recommended to acquire knowledge of 20th century French Literature:
• Chrystiane Ndiaye (éd.), Introduction aux littérature francophones, Montréal, Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2004 (only the chapters “Avant-propos” and “Caraïbe”).
Lectures will be in French; using texts as a starting point, multimedia tools like movies, audio-books, photos, translations, social media, etc. will be used to have students widen the scope of their literary knowledge.
In order to be provided with their programme, students who are willing to take this course without attending lectures are asked to contact the instructor at paocadeddu@uniss.it.