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Phone (520) 626-0791
Office 588 Modern Languages
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Fall 2017: Tuesdays 3:15-4:15
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Currently Teaching
FREN 374 – The Politics of Protest in Africa and the Diaspora
Survey of the politics of protest in Africa and the Diaspora. Students will gain a solid understanding of the patterns of resistance adopted by people of African descent during the modern era, beginning with the slave revolt in Haiti. Their various modes of resistance will be considered in relationship to relevant institutions (political, social, cultural) as well as popular forms of expression (folk music, literature) and behavior (demonstrations). Students will also discover the defining aspects of European and Euro-American domination through the end of Apartheid, including the formulation of policies, major strategies employed and their consequences. Questions of race, ethnic origin and class relations are at issue throughout this course.
FREN 410 – Film and Fiction
Enhances skills to process information that promotes the understanding and interpretation of the target culture.