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French Worldwide: Language, Culture, Identity

Course
2019-2020

Admission requirements

This course is available for students of the Humanities Lab
If you have received your propaedeutic diploma within one academic year, your academic results are good and you are a very motivated student, you may apply for a place in the Humanities Lab.

Description

What does it mean to speak (and write in) French in the francophone ‘periphery’ (i.e. the French-speaking world outside France, supposedly the centre of power)? How do the various francophone contexts influence language, identities and cultures? Can the debates around ‘francophonie’ inform our contemporary considerations and concerns about global power?

These questions are at the core of the course in which we address ‘Francophonie’ in all its aspects: historical, political, linguistic and cultural (esp. literary). The course tackles the relations of domination, post-colonialism and legitimacy in specific temporal and geographical contexts, for instance the Near East (Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine), North-Africa, the Caribbean, Canada and Louisiana.

Programme

  1. Language and language politics in postcolonial settings I
  2. Language and language politics in postcolonial settings II
  3. History, diplomacy and identity: the Francophone case
  4. The Maghreb: Francophonie and literature
  5. From the Caribbean to Indochina
  6. Final session

Course objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will:

  1. have a thorough understanding of the societal, diplomatic, linguistic and literary challenges of the French speaking world;

  2. be able to:

  • put Francophonie and its debates into a historical context

  • analyse Francophone artefacts

  • discuss the concepts of the course with sound argumentation

  • present their findings, orally and written

Timetable

Courses of the Humanities Lab are scheduled on Friday afternoon from 13.00 to 17.00hrs.
For the exact timetable, please visit the following website.

Mode of instruction

  • Seminar

Course Load

This course is worth 5 EC (140 hrs).

  • Lectures: 5 lectures of 4 hours: 20 hrs

  • Excursion + final session: 5 hrs

  • Literature reading & practical work: 55 hrs

  • Assignments & final essay: 60 hrs

Assessment method

  • 25% active participation

  • 25% oral presentation

  • 50% final paper of approx. 3000 words

The final grade is an average of these three grades. All three exams need to be passed with a 5.0 min. If the final grade is insufficient (lower than a 6), there is the possibility of retaking the final essay. Contact the course lecturer for more information.

Attendance

Attendance is compulsory for all meetings (lectures, seminars, excursion). If you are unable to attend due to circumstances beyond your control, notify the Humanities Lab coordinators in advance, providing a valid reason for your absence, and hand in your weekly assignment in writing to the lecturer (if applicable). Being absent without notification and valid reason may result in lower grades or exclusion from the course.

Exam review

How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.

Brightspace

Brightspace will be used for study material, communication and discussion.

Reading list

Articles and texts will be provided on Brightspace.

Registration

Students of the Humanities Lab will be registered via uSis by the administration of the Humanities Lab. More information about registration for courses will be provided on Brightspace.
General information about uSis is available on the website.

Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs

Not applicable

Contact

Lecturer: Dr. E.M.A.F.M. Radar

Humanities Lab office: e-mail

Remarks

This course is part of the Humanities Lab programme, visit the website for more information.
Visit the Honours Academy website for more information about the Honours College.