| | | | Course module | | LET-RTCBF217 | Category | | - | Language of instruction | | French | Offered by | | Radboud University; Faculty of Arts; Romance Languages and Cultures; | Lecturer(s) | | | | Academic year | | 2020 | | Period | | PER 3-PER 4 | (25/01/2021 to 31/08/2021) |
| Starting block | | PER 3 | |
| Course mode | | full-time | |
| Remarks | | - | Registration using OSIRIS | | Yes | Course open to students from other faculties | | Yes | Pre-registration | | No | Waiting list | | No | Placement procedure | | - |
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At the end of the course, the student:
• is able to recall information on the history of migration in France/the francophone world
• is able to recall nuances on the concepts of the course (traveller, migrant, home, exile, etc)
• is able to explain and apply basic postcolonial concepts to analyse contemporary francophone migrant writing;
• is able to interpret these productions within their historical/cultural/political context (in particular with the challenges of the power inequalities in the French speaking world);
• is able to explain how such novels have contributed to the debate on migration;
• is able to present a sound analysis of a chosen topic from contemporary migrant literature in French.
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‘Migrant novel in French’ examines a series of novels from the French speaking world (in English translation) dealing with migration. The twentieth and twenty-first centuries have witnessed geopolitical crises and mass migration (mainly due to conflicts/wars of the (post)colonial era, economic and climate change). There is a long tradition of writing experiences of displacement and migration in French such as: travel writing to the colonies in the interwar period, ‘beur-literature’ in France in the 1980s and the 21st century ‘migrant-crisis’ in Europe and elsewhere is a also tackled by literature.
Published in the 21st century, the novels studied during the course are set in various contexts, often narrated via diverse perspectives (migration to Europe and back to sub-Saharan Africa, migration and diasporas from Asia & the Maghreb to France, Belgium or Quebec) which allow us to examine articulations of mobility, displacement, home and exile in a broad scope.
Through these writings, the course addresses distinctions between categories such as: traveller, exiled, refugee, migrant, tourist, etc. and explores the history of mobility and immigration from the colonial interwar period until the ‘postcolonial’ present day. It takes a postcolonial perspective on migrant novels and looks at possibilities and limitations of the novel as genre in creating and contesting concepts of ‘nation’, ‘home’, ‘exile’, ‘mobility’.
Central concerns of the course will be : representation of migration, legacy of ‘mission civilisatrice’ and French universalism, cultural coexistence, writing in French.
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| Assumed previous knowledgeNote for exchange students: you cannot take this course if your French proficiency level is not at least B1/B2. |
| | | Required materialsBookDiome, Fatou, The Belly of the Atlantic, trans. Ros Schwartz & Lulu Norman, 2008.
ISBN-10: 9781852429034, ISBN-13: 978-1852429034, 13.10 € |
| BookGuene, Faiza, Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow, trans. Sarah Adams, 2006
ISBN-10: 0156030489, ISBN-13: 978-0156030489 |
| BookSebbar, Leïla, The Seine Was Red: Paris, October 1961, trans. Mildred Mortimer, 2008
ISBN-10: 0253220238, ISBN-13: 978-0253220233, 15,13 € |
| BookThuy, Kim, Ru, trans. Sheila Fischman, 2012
ISBN-10: 1608198987, ISBN-13: 978-1608198986, 10,25 € |
| ArticlesNo textbook will be required.
Academic articles will be accessible via Brightspace. |
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Instructional modesAt home PER4 gel1Attendance Mandatory | | Yes |
| At home PER4 gel2Attendance Mandatory | | Yes |
| Lecture / SeminarAttendance Mandatory | | Yes |
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| TestsWritten Exam 1 (AT HOME)Test weight | | 30 |
Test type | | Written exam |
Opportunities | | Block PER 3, Block PER 4 |
Minimum grade5,5
| Portfolio 1Test weight | | 20 |
Test type | | Project |
Opportunities | | Block PER 3, Block PER 4 |
Minimum grade5,5
| Written Exam 2 (AT HOME)Test weight | | 30 |
Test type | | Written exam |
Opportunities | | Block PER 4, Block PER 4 |
Minimum grade5,5
| Portfolio 2Test weight | | 20 |
Test type | | Project |
Opportunities | | Block PER 4, Block PER 4 |
Minimum grade5,5
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