Nnenna Onyima
Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
- Office
- Chateau 104
- nonyima@middlebury.edu
- Office Hours
- Fall 2025: Mondays and Wednesdays 2:00-3:30 pm and by appointment
Nnenna Onyima holds a Ph.D. in French from the University of Virginia. Her research and teaching interests include African literature and cinema, global black literatures, transnational feminism and postcoloniality, gender and sexuality, African religions and philosophies.
Courses Taught
FREN 0201
Current
Intermediate French I
Course Description
Intermediate French I
Emphasis on increased control and proficiency in the language through audiovisual, conversational, and drill methods. Readings and film enlarge the student's view of French life and culture. (FREN 0102 or by placement) 5 hrs. lect./disc.
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FREN 0228
Current
Power and Space
Course Description
Power (Race) and Space in French and Francophone Narratives
How do French-speaking poets, writers, artists, and filmmakers engage with the notion of power and race in public and private spaces? What tools enable us to unpack, understand, and even theorize their reflections on relations in the societies and cultures they depict? In this bridge course between the language program and advanced classes, we will refine our written and spoken French as we learn to interpret diverse texts and cultural artifacts from the Francophone world with texts from the 19th to the 21st centuries. Classes will be discussion-based to allow students to share their impressions, and will expand their thinking through writing and reflection-based assignments. Writers will include Léopold Sedar Senghor, Guy Tirolien, Maryse Condé, Charles Baudelaire and Mariama Bâ. (FREN 0209 or placement).
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