CMLT160
WANDR'G FREN SPEAK'G SOCIETIES
- Department
- Comparative Literature
- Terms offered
- 3
- Data refreshed
- Jun 27, 2026
Description
Seeking, fleeing. What motivates our movements, from daily displacements to continent crossings? Wandering, wondering. How are these travels experienced, mentally and physically? How are these travels told, represented in literature and film? Encountering, examining, questing, questioning. What is society's view of wandering, of the wanderer? Free-spirited rebel, the embodiment of liberty? Or vagrant, outcast, for whom society has no place? In this course, we will investigate the act of wandering - its forms and functions, its representation in the 20th and 21st-century francophone literature, film, and social sciences. We will examine writing and thinking with regards to movement, as mental and physical act; we will consider francophone texts of wandering and the ways in which some texts, themselves, wander from convention. All readings and discussions in English.
Syllabi
Sign in with your @clarku.edu email to view syllabi.
Offering history & forecast 2021–2024
| Year | Fall | Spring | Summer | Intersession |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 2030 Fall: 28% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 6 fall terms since 2021. Department course count rising about 3% per year. Department faculty is about 58% below its recent average. | 2030 Spring: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 spring terms since 2018. | 2030 Summer: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 summer terms since 2018. | 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020. |
| 2029 | 2029 Fall: 30% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 6 fall terms since 2021. Department course count rising about 3% per year. Department faculty is about 58% below its recent average. | 2029 Spring: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 spring terms since 2017. | 2029 Summer: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 summer terms since 2017. | 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2028 | 2028 Fall: 31% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 6 fall terms since 2021. Department course count rising about 3% per year. Department faculty is about 56% below its recent average. | 2028 Spring: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 spring terms since 2016. | 2028 Summer: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 summer terms since 2016. | 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2027 | 2027 Fall: 32% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 6 fall terms since 2021. Department course count rising about 3% per year. Department faculty is about 55% below its recent average. | 2027 Spring: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 spring terms since 2015. | 2027 Summer: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 summer terms since 2015. | 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2024 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2023 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2022 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2021 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
Future estimates combine recent offering frequency with detected multi-year cycles. Hover a cell for confidence and evidence; low-confidence estimates are marked with ~.
Meeting times
Most recent firstNo meeting times recorded for this course.
| Term | Professor | Type | Credits | Enrollment | CRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | Allison H. Fong | Lecture | 1 | 9 of 18 enrolled | 22332 |
| Fall 2023 | Allison H. Fong | Lecture | 1 | 12 of 18 enrolled | 22332 |
| Fall 2021 | Allison H. Fong | Lecture | 1 | 14 of 16 enrolled | 28340 |