{"id":10765,"date":"2010-12-13T02:10:36","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T02:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=10765"},"modified":"2012-03-24T18:49:13","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T18:49:13","slug":"french110s-from-haiti-to-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=10765","title":{"rendered":"French110s: From Haiti to New Orleans"},"content":{"rendered":"

French110s: From Haiti to New Orleans<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
\nDuke University
\nFall 2010<\/p>\n

Deborah Jenson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Haiti Lab: Undergraduate Opportunities<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The first Humanities Laboratory<\/a> at Duke, one of the key goals of the Haiti Lab<\/a> is to bring innovative, interdisciplinary research more fully into the undergraduate experience at Duke and, indeed, to invite undergraduates to participate as researchers themselves.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Haitian Revolution\u00a0 (1791-1804)<\/a> was a successful revolution against slavery, leading to the defeat of the French armies of Napoleon Bonaparte<\/a> and the establishment of the first black republic in the New World<\/a>. During the revolution, many Creole<\/a> planters (white and of mixed race) and their households, including slaves, sought refuge elsewhere; by 1809, the population of New Orleans<\/a> actually doubled with this \u201cHaitian\u201d influx. How did the culture and literature of nineteenth century New Orleans reflect Haitian influences? We will read fascinating Francophone<\/a> New Orleans literature about the socio-racially complex cultures of slavery, the bourgeoisie, and the planters\u2019 \u201caristocracy\u201d in Louisiana<\/a>. Did you know you could learn about the U.S. Civil War<\/a> through French-language New Orleans novels that also integrate Creole poetry from colonial Saint-Domingue<\/a>? Or that the first African-American short story was written in French, about Haiti? We will read about the drama of the historical Haitian maroon<\/a> slave and poisoner Macandal<\/a>, and about the Haiti-influenced libertine culture that bound together white men and women of color in the common law structure of pla\u00e7age<\/a><\/em>. Students will do cultural research projects on subjects such as the cultural roots of Creole and Cajun<\/a> cuisine, the Quadroon Balls<\/a>, or the \u201cvoodoo queen\u201d Marie Laveaux<\/a>. In this course on French literature in our own historical and regional \u201cbackyard,\u201d students will also explore the Haitian inspiration of Durham’s historic black <\/a><\/strong>\u201c<\/a><\/strong>Hayti\u201d neighborhood<\/a><\/strong>. Course taught in French<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For more information, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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