FRN-323 Quebec Language, Civilization & Culture

Prerequisite: a course in French numbered 214 or higher
This course explores the French variety of Québec as well as its diverse culture ‑ blending First nations, Francophone and Anglophone influences - through essays, literary readings, songs, works of art, advertisements, media and films. Students will learn about the development of this important French-speaking community in North America from its origins as a French colony through the exodus of French-Canadians in the early twentieth century and the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s, up to the present day. Conducted entirely in French. 4 credits.