Universität Wien

140355 KU Linguistic Features of Europhone African Literature (2012S)

Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Details

max. 20 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Dienstag 13.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 20.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 27.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 17.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 24.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 08.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 15.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 22.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 05.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 12.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 19.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 26.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Building upon students’ previous knowledge of African literatures and cognate disciplines, the course will examine some salient linguistic features of europhone African literature. Areas to be covered will include literary collages, paremiology, creolization, code mixing and code switching, agonistic discourse, taboo adherence and taboo breaking.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Presenting of a well-organized paper at the end of the course.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Students will:
i. identify and analyze the linguistic traits of African literature written in metropolitan languages
ii. engage with the concept of europhone African literature as a hybrid linguistic creation
iii. determine the place of gender in this textualization
iv. present a well-organized paper at the end of the course

Prüfungsstoff

Mini lectures, discussion, interactive modules.

Literatur

Primary Texts
Achebe, Chinua. 1958. Things Fall Apart. London: Heinemann.
Adeniran, Sade. 2007. Imagine This. London: SW Books.
Aidoo, Ama Ata. 1965. The Dilemma of a Ghost. Harlow: Longman.
Bâ, Mariama. 2000. [1979]. So Long a Letter. Portsmouth/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Beyala, Calixthe. 1996. [1988]. Your Name Shall Be Tanga. Portsmouth/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Beyala, Calixthe. 1996. [1987].The Sun Hath Looked upon Me. Portsmouth/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Beyala, Calixthe. 2003. Femme nue, femme noire. Paris: Albin Michel.
p’Bitek, Okot. 1966. Song of Lawino. London: Heinemann.
Bugul, Ken. 2008. [1982]. The Abandoned Baobab Tree: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press.
Darko, Amma. 2003. Faceless. Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers.
Diop, David. 1973. [1956]. Hammer Blows and Other Writings. Bloomington/Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.
Head, Bessie. 1977. The Collector of Treasures. Oxford:Heinemann.
Kourouma, Ahmadou. 1981. [1968]. The Suns of Independence. London/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Nganang, Patrice. 2006. [2001]. Dog Days. Charlottesville:University of Virginia Press.
Ngcobo, Lauretta. 1999. [1990].And They Didn’t Die. New York: Women’s Press at CUNY
Oyono, Ferdinand. 1990. [1956]. Houseboy. Oxford: Heinemann.
Rotimi, Ola. 1971. The Gods are not to Blame. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Saro-Wiwa, Ken. 1991. [1985]. Sozaboy. Sozaboy. Harlow: Longman.
Shoneyin, Lola. 2011. [2010]. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives. London: Serpent’s Tail.
Soyinka, Wole. 1966. [1963].The Lion and the Jewel. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

AS.KU, (AS.2)

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:35