FRN 341/541: Francophone Women Writers of Africa/Caribbean in Translation

A study of works by women writers from Francophone Africa and the Caribbean.  Explores a variety of topics, including colonialism, motherhood, oppression, exile and the intersections between class and gender.  Texts will include works by Mariama Bâ, Maryse Condé, Assia Djebar and Simone Schwartz-Bart. Prerequisites: Foundations in English course and one 200-level course in any discipline for FRN 341; permission of the Master of Humanities director for FRN 541. WS, NWC, WI