| Course Title: Courses in Francophone Studies: 'The Haitian Literary Tradition: Revolution, Diaspora, and Writing in French Now' |
| Start Date: 09/04/2019 End Date: 12/17/2019 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2019 |
| Description: This course engages with the rich tradition of French writing from Haiti. Beginning with Émeric Bergeaud's Stella (1859), the first novel of the first Black republic, we explore the history of Haitian writing across literary genres and movements, including the Indigénisme that anticipated Négritude. Diasporic authors from the Duvalier dictatorship period include Marie Vieux- Chauvet, author of the cult classic, Amour, Colère, Folie, and Dany Laferrière, famous as both the first Haitian and first Quebecois to enter the Académie française. In Haiti's contemporary literary scene, we focus on writers such as Yanick Lahens and Marie-Célie Agnant. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , LANG - Language , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Carolyn Shread | 413-538-2150 | cshread@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2019 - 12/17/2019 | Seminar | Wednesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | CIRU - Ciruti | 127 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: Two of the following courses: FREN-215, FREN-219, FREN-225. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 016 | Enrollment: 8 | Available: 8 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Stella Author: Bergeaud, Émeric Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: LEGS EDITION |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: Mimola, ou l?histoire d?une cassette: Petit tableau de m?urs locales Author: Innocent, Antoine Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: LEGS EDITION |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: Gouverneurs de la rosée Author: Romain, Jacques Copyright: 2013 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 2843046637 Publisher: Zulma |
Required | 12.00 |
| Title: Compère Général Soleil Author: Alexis, Jacques Stéphane Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 2070287300 Publisher: Gallimard |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: Amour, Colere, Folie Author: Vieux-Chauvet, Marie Copyright: 1968 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 2843047382 Publisher: Zulma |
Required | 30.00 |
| Title: Hadriana dans tous mes rêves Author: Depestre, Rene Copyright: 1992 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 2070382729 Publisher: Gallimard |
Required | 14.00 |
| Title: Le Livre d?Emma Author: Agnant, Marie Celie Copyright: 2002 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 291141232X Publisher: Vents d'ailleurs |
Required | 28.00 |
| Title: L?Énigme du retour Author: Laferrière, Dany Copyright: 2009 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Mass Market Paperback |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: Failles Author: Lahens, Yanick Copyright: 2010 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 284805090X Publisher: Sabine Wespieser |
Optional | 20.00 |
| Title: Tante Resia et les dieux, nouvelles Author: Lahens, Yanick Copyright: 1994 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9789997086457 Publisher: LEGS EDITION |
Optional | 14.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Odyssey Bookshop |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: The books published by the Haiitian based LEGS EDITION will be available by Sept. 15 - they are being published so that we can read them in this class! Stella is already available, since it is the first book that we will discuss. Please note that you must chose to read either one of the two titles by Yanick Lahens. Again, the LEGS EDITION title will be available by mid-September. As always, all of these required books will be available on reserve in the library. |