FREN 440 - Building Castles in Sand: Tahiti, and Other French speaking Islands

Credits: (3)
Through a selection of European and American histories and fictions about the French-speaking non-western insular bodies around the globe, this course examines the ways in which Western narratives have invented and molded the “island” others. Additionally, the course studies the literary texts, myths, and artistic traditions of the island cultures in an effort to understand the ways in which the indigenous cultural traditions are employed by the islanders as a response to the imposed identity. Prerequisite(s): FREN 102 Beginning French II (3) or equivalent.