FREN 4695 - Novels of the Slave Trade and Slave Narratives

(CA-AS) Satisfies Option 1.

Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

A. Mangeon.

This class will study the major literary texts that deal with the slave trade and with the realities of slavery from the beginnings of the slave trade to its abolition and up to contemporary fictive reconstructions. From Voltaire to Cesaire, Montequieu to Glissant, Olympe de Gouges and Madame de Stale to Gisele Pineau and Leonora Miano, we will concentrate on precise examples taken from an anthology that will be made available to students.