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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Fall 2023 |
Registration ID | FRENB225001 |
Course Title | Hidden Stories |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | French and French Studies |
Instructor | Peysson-Zeiss,Agnès |
Times and Days | MW 01:10pm-02:30pm
W 03:00pm-04:00pm |
Room Location | TAYF,TAYE |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1040 Borrowing from Francis Debysers Global Simulation (GS) approach, this course aims to create a framework immersing students in historical moments, allowing them to create stories based on culture and context of the time period studied. The course will incorporate the theoretical content of the other 2 courses (dealing with narratology and biology) to recreate and unearth those hidden or lesser known stories. Global Simulation is a protocol that allows a group of learners (a whole class here) to create a universe of reference: a town in this case. In this world, participants create characters and simulate all of the cultural, socio-political and historical context that this made-up world may need. They will describe the world they live in, tell their life-story, describe their profession, live a daily life made of human interactions and issues relevant to the period. In preparation for the trip, students will be introduced to relevant French vocabulary and will be paired with French speakers to work on basic grammar and vocabulary. They will also learn relevant terminology and create a French-English lexicon for plants. With this pedagogical hypothesis, the universe invented by students of all levels is one of the best ways to learn and GS accommodates the variety of interests, personality types, and learning styles in any given group of learners. (Levine 2004). Students will start working on the various stories at the beginning of the semester and discover more stories on the ground when we travel to the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. We will focus on the connections between the Old and the New World with stories dealing with: port-city life, the story of Marguerite de Navarre, the Acadian Line, Claire de Duras and her travels to Philadelphia, the story of when New York was called Angoulême to name of few places, people and time frames. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP); Enrollment Cap: 15; This course is for 360 students only. This course is part of 360 Transplant; The world around us contains numerous examples of hidden histories: objects, stories, or perspectives that appear one-dimensional, or familiar, on the surface, but contain other meaningsor other pasts. The contemporary worlds narratives are composed of words and images embedded in cultural, social, and scientific contexts; knowledge of these contexts can unearth these overlooked histories. This cluster uses multidisciplinary tools from language and culture, literature, and environmental science to reveal histories hidden in and around the city of Angoulême, France. Students will explore how connections between the Old and New Worlds were established, refracted, and changed over the course of its history, delving into the ways that texts obscure or embed multiple meanings within words and images. An interdisciplinary exploration of how plants and people have shaped one another over millennia and on a global scale will provide case study material for these explorations. The cluster will place a particular emphasis on building skills necessary for the production of field notes, graphic narratives, and shared universes. If you are interested in the 360 program, you must fill out the application which is due on April 10, 2023 at NOON by clicking on link https://www.brynmawr.edu/inside-96. This 360 cluster includes enrolling in COML B324 and ENVS H328 in Fall 2023. |
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