Contemporary Francophone Literature

3 units

A general survey of Francophone literature. This seminar examines representative texts of Quebec, Acadia, Africa, and West Indies. Authors to include Antonine Maillet, Louis Hémon, Michel Tremblay, Gérard Leblanc, Anne Hébert, Maryse Condé, along with the influential poets of négritude, Senghor and Césaire. This course counts toward the seminar requirement for the major.