Modules

(students will select two of the five)

Algeria

Film : La Bataille d'Alger (The Battle of Algiers)
Literature :
Assia Djébar. Femmes d'Alger(Women of Algiers)
Albert Camus. L'Hôte (The Guest)
Frantz Fanon. Les Damnés de la terre (The Wretched of the Earth)
Suggested Themes :
racism, terrorism, national independence and identity, female identity, etc.

Antilles

Film:
La Rue Case-Nègres (Sugar Cane Alley)
Literature:
Aimé Césaire. Une tempête (A Tempest)
Suggested Themes:
négritude, childhood, nationalism, colonialism, etc.

Indochina

Film:
Indochine
Literature:
Marguerite Duras. L'Amant (The Lover)
Suggested Themes:
national identity, female identity, racism, colonisation, etc.

  Québec

Film:
Jèsus de Montrèal (Jesus of Montreal)
Literature:
Denise Boucher. Les Fées ont soif (The Fairies' Thirst)
Suggested Themes:
religion, society, female identity, etc.

West Africa

Film:
Chocolat
Literature:
Ferdinand Oyono. Une vie de boy (Houseboy)
Sembène Ousmane. Le Mandat (The Money Order)
Suggested Themes:
colonisation, tourism, identity, racism, etc.