Identity and Multiculturalism in Francophone Literatures
Code
722111038
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Espanhóis, Franceses e Italianos
Credits
10
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Acquire knowledge regarding the debates which are currently taking place in Francophone Post-Colonial Studies and to learn how to identify the different paradigms and concepts involved;
b) Acquire knowledge of some of the key texts within Francophone Postcolonial Theory as well as of the main controversies underlying these;
c) Acquire the ability to produce a research paper based on one of the themes covered, using a specialised bibliography and dealing with Postcolonial Theory concepts.
Prerequisites
N.A
Subject matter
This seminar is designed to familiarize students with contemporary Francophone Literature, focusing on the themes of identity/identities and hybridity. The literary approach, starting from a transdisciplinary vision will be articulated in a comparative perspective, with some postcolonial theories - as a \"place of emergence of new cultures.\"
1.Postcolonial Theory:
1.1. ´Orientalism´ by Edward Saïd;
1.2. Homi K. Bhabha: the concepts of hibridity and mimicry.
2.Literary Texts:
2.1. ´Le ventre de l´Atlantique´ by Fatou Diome and the deconstruction of francocentrism.
2.2. ´Les yeux baissés´ by Tahar Ben Jelloun and the difficulty of being \"the other\".
3. Francophone Studies?
Bibliography
BHABHA, Homi, ´The Location of Culture´. London: Routledge, 2004.
DIOME, Fatou, ´Le ventre de lAtlantique´. Paris: Editions Anne Carrière, 2003.
BESSIÈRE, Jean e Moura, Jean-Marc (dir.), ´Littératures postcoloniales et francophonie´. Paris: Honoré Champion, 2001.
JELLOUN, Tahar Paris, ´Les yeux baissés´. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1997.
McDONALD, C. and SULEIMAN, S. C., ´French Global´. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010.
RIBEIRO SANCHES, Manuela (org.), Deslocalizar a Europa - Antropologia, Arte, Literatura e História na Pós- Colonialidade. Lisboa: Cotovia, 2005.
Teaching method
Presentations on different topics of the syllabus.
Discussion of papers presented.
Tutorial guidance, focused on preparing a research paper.
Evaluation method
Assessment implies attending at least 2/3 of the sessions held as well as the submission of a research paper which should display knowledge of the issues covered as well as the ability to deal in a critical manner with the concepts covered in the course.