FR 361 - Francophone World I: Africa, Caribbean, Indian Ocean

• Describe key historical events and social movements of French-speaking communities in the Caribbean, Africa and the Indian Ocean from the colonial era to the present.
• Identify key intellectual and artistic movements and important individuals in the literature, plastic arts, and music of francophone African, Caribbean, and Indian Ocean cultures.
• Identify salient linguistic and dialectal features of French and creoles spoken in francophone regions of Africa, the Caribbean, and the Indian Ocean.
• Read French historical and cultural studies treatments of francophone African, Caribbean, and Indian Ocean cultures. Read literary works from these regions written in French, and summarize these works in appropriate written French.
• IIdentify the main points and/or summarize the basic argument of authentic video recordings in French in appropriate written French.
• Use spoken French to describe and evaluate a limited selection of cultural artifacts from francophone African, Caribbean, and Indian Ocean regions within their historical and cultural context in an organized and comprehensible manner to peers.