FR290
A Journey through French Literature
Winter 2025 · A Journey through French Literature / Voyage en littérature
Topics
- Literary periods and genres
- authorship and institutions
- history of books and reading
- Francophone diversity
- marginalized authors
- colonialism and racialized literary boundaries.
Readings
- Denis Hollier, 'On Writing Literary History,' in A New History of French Literature.
- Alberto Manguel, Une histoire de la lecture, selected excerpts.
- Patrick Chamoiseau and Raphaël Confiant, Lettres créoles, selected excerpts.
- Sarah Burnautzki, Les frontières racialisées de la littérature française, selected material.
- MyLearningSpace text selections; ARES articles; Bibliothèque nationale de France digital exhibitions.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Public syllabus copy ↗Winter 2025
- Selected assigned works visible in the public weekly schedule; this is not the complete bibliography.