Document Type

Syllabus

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Course Description

Le football, for Djiboutian writer Abdourahman A. Waberi, is both a langage universel and a prétexte littéraire. We’ll consider soccer as a point of entry for our study of both language and literature this semester, as we read from Waberi’s soccer-inspired collection Enfants de la balle, including stories by writers from Djibouti, Congo, Algeria, Mauritius, Togo, and Morocco. We’ll also review many of the basic grammatical structures of the French language. Allez, c’est parti!

Student Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to do the following in French, both orally and in writing: - Summarize a story, including relevant information about characters, desires, obstacles, emotions, and change - Describe the setting of a story, with attention to place, time, language, and culture - Identify and discuss a story’s main themes, including elements of social or political critique and/or observations about our shared humanity - Compare the stories we read in class with other stories, books, shows, and/or movies that you have read or seen - Make connections between the themes of these stories and issues today in the French-speaking world, the United States, and/or other countries and regions with which you are familiar

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