CROSS-CULTURAL TESTIMONIES OF VIOLENCE (FR3025)

This course explores how genocide is represented across different media, focusing on French and Francophone testimonies. Examining the Holocaust, the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and the Khmer Rouge atrocities, we will analyze literature, films, and songs. A comparative, transnational approach will highlight cultural specificities, trauma theories, and intermediality. Taught in English; French materials available.

Code:

FR3025

Name:

CROSS-CULTURAL TESTIMONIES OF VIOLENCE

Discipline:

FR (French)

Type:

Regular

Level:

Undergraduate

Credits:

Can be taken twice for credit?:

Pre-requisites:

None

Co-requisites:

None

Learning Outcomes

Students will be introduced to the histories and representations of three genocides of the twentieth century.
Students will learn how to conduct cultural and cross-cultural examination through the introduction of terms, approaches, and methods useful to the critical discussion and analysis of texts and films.

CROSS-CULTURAL TESTIMONIES OF VIOLENCE (FR3025)

Learning Outcomes

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