FRE275   La Francophonie: Langue, Colonie et Civilisation I   (10 credits)

Description

Taking as its focus the current institution of francophonie, this course seeks to subvert the standard textbook presentation of francophie as a colourful, even 'exotic' addition to French Studies courses through an exploration of the politics and polemics which have followed the idea of francophonie since its inception. Perceptions of the role of the French language is the key problematic: while francophonie is an exciting project in an internationalised, globalised world, given the colonial/imperial history of the implantation of French around the world, the fact of using French remains tied to unresolved questions of power, identity and politics.

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