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
- Language and language politics in postcolonial settings I
- Language and language politics in postcolonial settings II
- History, diplomacy and identity: the Francophone case
- The Maghreb: Francophonie and literature
- From the Caribbean to Indochina
- Final session
Course objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
have a thorough understanding of the societal, diplomatic, linguistic and literary challenges of the French speaking world;
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.
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