On Thursday, April 29th UConn Early College Experience and the French Faculty invite all certified UConn ECE French Instructors to participate in the annual professional development conference for the 2020-2021 AY.
*For those who register by 3/1 you will receive a free kindle edition of L’art de perdre by Alice Zeniter, Flammarion.
This workshop is being held online via WebEx. To access WebEx navigate to: webex.uconn.edu with your UConn NetID and password.
If you need to locate your NetID or password go to netid.uconn.edu or contact UConn's technology support services at techsupport.uconn.edu.
WebEx Information:
There are three ways to join:
1• Via direct link (which will open in your default web browser)
Link: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=mcd7366a2cd8fa7b9e487db9845401193
2• Via the WebEx desktop app that can be downloaded at https://its.uconn.edu/webex/ using your NetID and password. Using the app will provide you with the best meeting experience.
To Join: enter the meeting number: 120 406 5031
3• Via phone: dial: +1-415-655-0002 US Toll
When prompted you will enter the access code (meeting number): 120 406 5031 and the # key.
*If ever prompted for a meeting password enter: AmiAnR2my32
Agenda:
9-10 Discussion about the novel L’art de perdre by Alice Zeniter, Flammarion, 2017.
The New York Times gives the following summary of the novel, which will come out in an English translation in March 2021: “a novel spanning three generations traces a history of Algeria, how one carries the loss of a country and what deep rifts can be created from rebuilding one’s community.” The main character is a young French woman, determined to learn more about her father’s and grandparents’ past. She discovers what it means to be a “harki” in Algeria and in France.
10-10 :30 Discussion about the music album Pili pili sur un croissant au beurre, by Gaël Faye, 2013.
Gaël Faye’s 2016 novel, Small Country, is set in Burundi; the civil war between Tutsis and Hutus is told from the point of view of the narrator, a 10-year-old boy. But Gaël Faye was already a rap star when the novel was published (and he definitely still is). We will discuss some songs from his 2013 album, Pili-pili sur un croissant au beurre: “petit pays,” “métis,” or “l’ennui des après-midis sans fin” are beautifully written texts about exile, nostalgia, and dual identity.
Both the novel and the music album can help us teach history (wars in Algeria and Rwanda, France’s military actions there) with a more personal and human approach, thanks to the young narrators. But these two resources can also start discussions with our students about childhood and youth, about family origins and one’s sense of identity, and about writing one’s own story to make sense of it.
You will receive the novel and the album before the workshop, so that you have some time to familiarize yourself with them. But reading the novel in its entirety is not mandatory for workshop attendance.
15mn break
10:45-11:05 The Italianization of les passions in 17th-century France.
Adrienne Eldredge, (French Adjunct Faculty, UConn)
Adrienne Eldregde’s talk will focus on emotions in Italian theater, through the lens of French and Italian philosophy, theater treatises, and plays.
11:10-12 Digital Projects, Hybrid Formats, and a Crowd-Sourced Syllabus in French 3250 and 3251
Elisabeth Buzay, (Visiting Assistant Professor, UConn)
Elisabeth Buzay will talk about the two recent culture and conversation courses she taught in a hybrid format: her 3251 syllabus focused on the “10 arts of the 21st century”, and the final project was to create a digital story. In her 3250 course, she implemented a crowd-sourced syllabus, and students created a final project in one of the following formats: a TV newscast, a radio show, or a podcast.
