French 230cw - Colloquium: Topics in French Studies-French Calligraphies: Contemporary Chinese Women's Writing
Colq:T-Chinese Women's Wr
Fall
2025
01
4.00
Dawn Fulton
TU TH 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM
Smith College
FRN-230cw-01-202601
Hatfield 106
dfulton@smith.edu
France is home to the largest overseas Chinese community in Western Europe. This course looks at how Francophone women writers and artists of Chinese origin critique and celebrate French culture in their work. Focusing on contemporary fiction, film and graphic art, students consider the role of canonical French literature during the Cultural Revolution, portrayals of Sinophone cultures in France and the relationship between language and stereotype. Through the lens of gendered and multigenerational immigration narratives, students also study such topics as translation, food, sexuality and exile. Restrictions: FRN 230 may not be repeated. Enrollment limited to 18. Prerequisite: FRN 220. Course taught in French.
[CE] FRN 230 Limit