FREN 471 - Literature and Cinema of Immigration in France

The course explores the diversity of France through its immigrant population. The course introduces the history and composition of immigration in different areas of France through the study of several generations of immigrants, taking into account gender, race, class, and language among other relevant categories – especially in the 20th-21st century, from the first foreign workers to the youth riots of 2005 and beyond to examine contemporary issues. The course includes classic migrant texts such as the Poets of the Negritude movement as well as fiction and essays by West African, North African, Caribbean and Asian authors. Course materials include texts, films, music, radio, newspapers, manifestos, law articles, visual art, graphic novels and ads. The course functions as a discussion seminar with class presentations. Taught in French. Prerequisite(s): FREN 306 . Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)