African & Caribbean Poetry

Catalog description

This course is a comprehensive study of the Black writers from Africa and the Caribbean who use the French language; it will also study the literary and political movements which conditioned the emergence of this literature. The course will be open to students not majoring in French. Readings will be in French and in English where translations are available; lectures and discussions will be in English. French majors will be required to write their papers in French. Prerequisite: FRE 3004