Sumários

Bergeaud, "Stella"/2

11 Março 2026, 12:30 • Chiara Nifosi

Open class. The trope of motherhood in Stella: from filiation to the rejection of France as an "unnatural mother".

Presentation of the novel Stella. The "Author's Note": novel, imagination, and history. The foundations of Haitian identity: the making of a national myth. Orality and written language: the foundations of Haitian literature. The relationship that the text entertains with Western culture.

Négritude, Antillanité, Créolité

4 Março 2026, 12:30 • Chiara Nifosi

Discussion of Badiane's article “Négritude, Antillanité et Créolité ou l’éclatement de l’identité fixe”. Césaire, Senghor and the concept of Négritude. From race to space, identity as relation: Glissant and the Antillanité. Afro-Atlantic identities and language: Confiant, Chamoiseau, Bernabé and the Éloge de la Créolité.

Aimé Césaire, "Discourse on Colonialism"/2

2 Março 2026, 12:30 • Chiara Nifosi

Continuation of discussion on Césaire's text: the dehumanization of the colonizer; colonialism and the rise of Nazism in Europe. Essentialist approaches to the issue of race (Renan's quote). The responsibilities of the bourgeoisie. Césaire's style and tone.

NO CLASS

25 Fevereiro 2026, 12:30 • Chiara Nifosi

No class due to professor's absence (conference in Italy).