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Class number:
3166
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Title: French Slavery & Afterlives |
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Department: Language and Culture Studies |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 19 |
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Current enrollment: 7 |
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Available seats: 12 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 |
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End date: Thursday, December 21, 2023 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM, SH - T308 |
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Instructor(s): Calhoun, Doyle |
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Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in French 247, 251 or 252 or permission of instructor. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities and Global Requirements |
Course Description:
France is the only European nation-state to have abolished slavery twice: first, in 1794, following the revolutions in Haiti/Saint-Domingue and France; then, in 1848, almost half a century after the Napoleonic restoration of slavery in 1802. This seminar grapples with the legacy of slavery and its afterlives in the world French empire made by examining the literatures and cultures of French slavery and abolition, from the seventeenth century to the present. The course offers an introduction to contemporary debates around memory, reparations, and reckoning. Students will consult a range of historical and literary texts from the Caribbean, West Africa, and Indian Ocean, including works by abolitionists (Victor Scholcher, Olympe de Gouges), resistance leaders (Toussaint Louverture, Louis Delgrès), and contemporary writers (Aimé Césaire, Édouard Glissant, Maryse Condé, Léonora Miano). |