I Art & Débats d’Idées

1. Art & Contestation
2. How do artists use their work as political statements?
3. Does art have a duty to contest the status quo?
4. What is the role of art and culture in political contestation?
5. Does art have a duty to be subversive?
6. How has the African diaspora reclaimed their history through art and culture?

• Art qui fait Débat
• The purpose of art is to produce thinking, do you agree?
• Can anything be art? What makes a piece Art?
• Art must be beautiful to be considered art, do you agree?
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• L’art du débat
• How do body posture and rhetoric affect our impression of a speech?
• How do the rhetorical devices used in these speeches affect the audience?

II Expression et Construction de Soi

1. Expression des emotions

– how do authors display emotion despite the British “stiff upper lip?

-is it possible to display emotions and be reserved at the same time?

• Mise en scène de soi
• what ways do artists and authors use to present themselves?
• Initiation, apprentissage
• How is the bildungsroman presented in literature?
• How is the theme of growing up dealt with in art and literature?

III Voyages, territoires, et frontières

               1.  Exploration et Aventure

                      -How is travelling essential to evolve ?

                       -Does travelling enhance knowledge ?

                       -How does exploration affect our society ?

                     -To what extent has travelling affected nations ?

                      -How has travelling evolved over time ?

2.Ancrage et Heritage

• “We write about what we know” – How is this shown in Commonwealth literature?
• How is food used to represent our heritage in art and literature?

3.Migration et Exile

– How do immigrant writers  and artistsdeal with the theme of integration in their work?