Theater of the World II (Francophone Africa, Caribbean Islands, Indian Ocean, Canada)

Course Code
34ΕΕ233
ECTS Credits
5
Semester
6 or 8 Semester
Course Category
Course Description

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course in 13 sessions, students should be able to understand, recognize, interpret, decode and analyze the theatrical and literary works of contemporary French-speaking dramaturgists and writers from Africa, the Caribbean Islands (Antilles), Indian Ocean and Canada, based on the basic principles and characteristics of French-speaking dramatic production, such as the historical background of French-speaking France, the use of French, the peculiarities of the French-speaking geographical area, and the specific thematic, aesthetic and stylistic features of each French-speaking geographic theatrical production.
General Competences 
Considering the above, the course aims at:
-the acquaintance, decoding, evaluation and reflection of modern theatrical scripts from all over the world in French by the student audience,
- recognition and evaluation of modern theatrical and literary movements (post-colonial writing, female writing, aesthetic minimalism, interculturalism, elements of culture and assimilation, writing of immigration and diversity) by the student concerned,
-the cultivation of critical thinking, the opening of cultural horizons, the realization of the relativity of western theatrical writing,
- in cultivating and respecting diversity and multiculturalism,
-in the critique and self-criticism of the facts of society and the culture of the modern world,
-the promotion of creative thinking.