Francophone Literatures
Code
711111108
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Espanhóis, Franceses e Italianos
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Teresa Almeida
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Acquire knowledge regarding the debates which are currently taking place in Francophone Studies;
b) Be able to critically read theoretical texts, learning to incorporate new concepts in the analysis of works;
c) Being able to organize a bibliography in the field of studies on Francophone Studies in carrying out a critical reading of one of the works on the programme.
Prerequisites
Intermediate level knowledge of the French language.
Subject matter
1. «Francophony», a problematic concept
2. Francophone Literatures and Literary History: from the national and linguistic issue to the literary universes defined by multicultural and transnational communities
3. Literary journeys in a global world
3.1. The «négritude» myth: Léopold Senghor, Aimé Césaire e Léon Damas
3.2. Peau noire, masques blancs by Franz Fanon and the deconstruction of a black essence
3.3. Post-colonial literatures: Tahar Ben Jelloun (Morroco); Fatou Diome (Senegal)
Bibliography
Bibliografia activa:
Diome, F. (2005), La préférence nationale : et autres nouvelles, 6e éd. Paris, Dakar : Présence africaine.
Jelloun, T. B. (2007). L´enfant de sable. La nuit sacrée : romans . Paris : Points.
Bibliografia passiva:
Bhabha, H. K. (1990). Nation and narration. London : Routledge.
Bessière, J. & Moura, J.- M. (dir.) (2001). Littératures postcoloniales et francophonie . Paris: Honoré Champion.
Combe, D. (2010). Les Littératures francophones. Questions, débats, polémiques . Paris: PUF.
McDonald, C. & Suleiman, S. C. (2010). French Global. New York: Columbia University Press.
Omotoso, K. (1998). Migración hacia el Sur. Barcelona: Ed. Bellaterra.
Sanches, M. R. (org.) (2005). Deslocalizar a Europa - Antropologia, Arte, Literatura e História na Pós- Colonialidade. Lisboa: Cotovia.
Teaching method
Lectures: 60%; Seminars: 40%.
Theoretical analysis on the different points of the programme. Close reading of texts with students. Tutorial guidance, with a view to preparing research work.
Evaluation method
2 tests - 60%; 1 assignment- 30%; Attendance and/or participation - 10%.
Worker-Students should contact the teacher in the first two weeks of classes in order to establish a work programme.