法语国家文学-课程大纲

Syllabus(FallSemester,2024)

COURSETITLE:FrancophoneCountriesLiterature

I.OBJECTIVES

Knowledge:

Francophoneliteratureisrichandvaried.Installedonavastterritoryofwhichmayregionsdifferfromeachotheronthesocio-culturallevel,French-languageliteratureisclearlydistinguishedfromitsFrenchcounterpartbythequestionsitraisesaswallasthethemesitaddresses.Studentsgetaglimpseofthisrichness.

Skill/Ability:

StudentswillbeabletoapproachnewFrench-speakingauthorsaswellasrealizetherichnessthatthestudyofFrenchlanguageoffersthemwithregardtotherichnessofFrench-languageliterature.

Quality:

Thecoursewillbepresentedbytheprofessorevenstudentsaregreatlyinvitedtosharetheirquestionsandtheirremarksthroughoutthecourse.Theprofessorhopes,finally,toshowtheinterestofkeepinginmindatrans-disciplinaryattitudewhilepointingoutsomeofthepossibleinterconnectionsbetweenthesedifferentdisciplines.

II.COURSEDESCRIPTION

ThecourseisanintroductiontoFrench-speakingliteratureintheworld.Afterageneralintroduction,theprofessorwillpresentFrench-speakingliteratureaccordingtoageographicaldivision:Europe(Belgium,SwitzerlandandrestofEurope);CanadaandWestIndies;Africa(Maghrebandsub-Saharanliterature);Asia;RestoftheWorld.Ageneralpresentationwillbesystematicallyfollowedbyapresentationoftheculturalandhistoricalcontextofliteratureinthesedifferentareas.Finally,themostemblematicauthorswillbepresented.Textswillbeshowntostudentsasexamples.

III.CLASSSCHEDULE

Week

Date

Content

Assignment

1

10/09

Introduction

Classpresentation

2

17/09

/

3

24/09

Europe:19thcenturyBelgium

4

1/10

/

5

8/10

Europe:20thcenturyBelgium

6

15/10

Europe:Switzerland

7

22/10

Europe

8

29/10

Canada

9

5/11

Antilleanliterature

10

12/11

Africa:Introduction

11

19/11

FrancophoneMaghrébinliterature

12

26/11

Sub-Saharanliterature1

13

3/12

Sub-Saharanliterature2

14

10/12

Asia:Introduction

15

17/12

FrancophoneliteraturefromAsia1

16

24/12

FrancophoneliteraturefromAsia2

17

ExamWeek

18

ExamWeek

IV.COURSEREQUIREMENTS

Attendanceatthecourseishighlyrecommended.Intheendofsemestre,studentswillhaveawritingexamtomeasuretheircompetences.

V.TEACHINGAPPROACH

Theprofessorwillfollowthechaptersofthecourseaccordingtheplanabove.

VI.COURSEMATERIALS

1.RequiredMaterials(orReadings)

2.RecommendedMaterials(orReadings)

FatimaAHNOUCH,LittératurefrancophoneduMaghreb.Imaginaireetreprésentationssocioculturelles,Paris,L’Harmattan,2015.

KoffiANYINEFA,«

Scandales.Littératurefrancophoneafricaineetidentité

»,Cahiersd’ÉtudesAfricaines,48/191(2008),pp.457-486.

AbdellahBOUNFOUR,«

Langue,identitéetécrituredanslalittératurefrancophoneduMaghreb

»,Cahiersd’ÉtudesAfricaines,35/140(1995),p.911-923.

EdwinHAMBLET,Lalittératureacadiennefrancophone,Paris,Hatier,1987.

Jean-LouisJOUBERT(dir.),Littératurefrancophoned’Europe.Anthologie,Paris,Nathan,1992.

Jean-LouisJOUBERT,«

Qu’est-cequ’unelittératurefrancophone?

»,Francofonia,22(1992),pp.19-29.

MathildeKANG,«

FrancophonieenOrient:auxcroisementsdutransculturel

»,TheFrenchReview,88/4(2015),pp.47-58.

Yvonne-MarieMOKAM,«

Littératurefrancophoned’Afriquesubsaharienne:l’avènementdupolarhistorique

»,DalhousieFrenchStudies,109(2016),pp.

77-86.

MarcQUAGHEBEUR,Histoire,FormeetSensenLittérature.LaBelgiquefrancophone.1.L’Engendrement(1815-1914),Berne,PeterLang,2015.

MarcQUAGHEBEUR,Histoire,FormeetSensenLittérature.LaBelgiquefrancophone.2.L’Ébranlement(1914-1944),Berne,PeterLang,2017.

ElianTONNET-LACROIX,Lalittératurefrançaiseetfrancophonede1945àl’an2000,Paris,L’Harmattan,2003.

NadègeVELDWACHTER,Littérature