FR 332 - Trauma and Testimony

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: FR 216 . Examines representations of the 1994 genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda in a variety of literary genres (autobiographical testimony, novels, short stories, poetry, essays, and graphic novels), as well as the visual media (film, interviews, and photos). Students examine how the particularities of each genre allow authors to testify of trauma in different ways. Taught in French. IPJ