FREN326

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The French Asian Connection

French and Italian College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

FREN

Course Number

326

Status

Active

Course Attributes

BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, DVIT: GenEd-Diversity International, EMFR: Major-French Elective, MFRE: Major-French, WGST, ENFR: Minor-French Elective, NFRE: Minor-French/Francophone Study

Course Short Title

The French Asian Connection

Course Long Title

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Course Description

Focuses both on the presence and influence of Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese cultures in France and Francophone Canada. A theoretical framework and historical and cultural contexts provide the analytical tools to discuss cultural expressions of this influence that include (but is not limited to) literary narratives, poetry, film, art, manga, anime, cuisine, martial arts and tenets of Confucianism. Love, cultural dialogue, gender, otherness, identity, memory, exile are examples of the topics covered by the class.

Min

4

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

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Equivalent Course(s)

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