French 376 - Francophone African Women Writers

Francophone African Women Writers

Fall
2025
01
4.00
Josiane Banini

TU TH 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Smith College
FRN-376-01-202601
Wright 238
jbanini@smith.edu
This course explores how Francophone African women writers from the 20th and 21st centuries address identity, gender, race, migration, female body, and sociocultural norms. Through texts set in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa, students examine female protagonists navigating gender roles, exclusion, sexuality, and otherness across shifting cultural and social contexts in their pursuit of identity. How are female protagonists portrayed as navigating identity shifts in response to migration, racial dynamics, gender roles, and sociocultural expectations in Francophone African female narratives? (E)
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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