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HISTORY OF FRANCOPHONES CULTURE

[Italiano] AF: 98915 AR: 60389
Official course title STORIA DELLA CULTURA DEI PAESI FRANCOFONI
Academic Year 2011/2012
Course code LT0440
University credits 6
Degree level First Cycle Degree M.D.270
Educational sector code L-LIN/03
Semester/trimester II Semestre
Course year 3
Where VENEZIA

Professor

Degree Programmes and curricula

Contents

Educational Goals

The main objective of the course is to introduce students to Francophone cultures (mainly Haitian and Caribbean), from an historical, linguistical and anthropological point of view.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of French language; quite good ability to read French (reading comprehension)

Contents

Main topics: French-speaking Caribbean history (discovery, conquest, colonization and slavery, struggles for independence), socio-linguistics (French-Creole diglossia and bilingualism), religion (voodoo), folklore, literature. Seminars on French Canadian, French-speaking African and French-speaking North African cultures.

Recommended Reading List

X. Deniau, La Francophonie, Paris, P.U.F., 19922 (pp. 27-45).
M. De Angelis, C. Fiallega, C. Fratta, I Caraibi: la cultura contemporanea, Roma, Carocci, 2003, pp. 7-49
J.-L. Mathieu, Histoire des DOM-TOM, Paris, P.U.F., 1993 (o u.e. ; pp. 5-18).
P. Pluchon, Haiti, Republique caraibe, Paris, Ecole des loisirs, 1974, pp. 31-49
J. Meyer, Esclaves et negriers, Paris, Gallimard, 1986 (pp. 20, 26-28, 43, 47, 60-63, 80-85, 94-97)
P. Pluchon, Les negriers. Le commerce des esclaves africains, Paris, l'ecole des loisirs, 1981, pp. 5-19.
L. Sala-Molins, Le Code Noir, Paris, P.U.F., 1993(3) (articoli: 2, 6, 14, 16, 33, 36, 38, 41, 44, 59; 9, 12, 22, 24, 35, 43)
J. Cauna, Au temps des isles a sucre, Paris, Karthala-ACCT, 1987 (pp. 57-60, 62-63, 82, 87-93, 111-117, 119-125)
L. Hurbon, Pour une sociologie d'Haiti au XXIe siecle. La democratie introuvable, Paris, Karthala, 2001, pp. 23-36, 45-52
L. Hurbon, Dieu dans le vaudou haitien, Paris, Payot, 1972, pp. 88-97.
P. Pompilus, La langue francaise en Haiti, in: A. Valdman, Le francais hors de France, Champion, 1979, pp. 119-143.
R. Chaudenson, Les creoles, Paris, PUF, 1995 1995 (solo le pp. 8-11, 17-20, 21-30, 32-43, 52-54, 58-67, 73-81, 93)
*J. Roumain, Gouverneurs de la Rosee, Paris, Editions Messidor / Temps Actuels, 1986 o altra ed. (in particolare, ma non solo, dell?ed. Messidor: pp. 11-24, 36-41, 46-49, 58-66, 80-89, 102-107, 132-138, 148-155, 160-181)
J. Andre, Pastorale haitienne, in Caraibales, Paris, Ed. Caribeennes, 1981 (pp. 21-32, 39-50).

Some other bibliographic references will be given subsequently.

Assessment

oral

Teaching Methods

Conventional (and: tape cassettes,CD, video tapes, DVD).

Teaching Language

Italian and French.

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Last update: 14/05/2012