FREN 3750

Ecofeminisms and Wonder Stories in the Francophone World

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog.

This course will introduce students to the contemporary ecofeminist theories which are being developed in the francophone world today in parallel with the analysis of different case studies, using literary, philosophical, scientific French and Francophone works. The course seeks to look at some of the engendered frameworks that have led to political, sociological and ecological impasses and explores how solutions to ethical, environmental and economical problems may require a feminist perspective. The goal of the course is to open a dialogue between these works, as they represent, symbolize, translate the so-called "universal" knowledge of the Western World and the emerging "situated knowledges of the "Other Non Western World."

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: FREN 2310, or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor required.

Language Requirement Satisfies Option 1.

Distribution Category (ALC-AS) (FL-AG)

When Offered Fall.

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