143356 KU Afriphone Literatures: From Oral to Written Texts in African Languages (2021W)
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- Anmeldung von Mi 01.09.2021 08:00 bis Mi 29.09.2021 11:00
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max. 20 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
Dienstag
12.10.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Dienstag
19.10.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Dienstag
09.11.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Dienstag
16.11.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Dienstag
23.11.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Dienstag
30.11.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Dienstag
07.12.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Dienstag
14.12.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Dienstag
11.01.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Dienstag
18.01.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Dienstag
25.01.
09:00 - 11:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
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Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
Active participation during all class sessions will be key. The course will be assessed as follows:
o Written final exam (or essay if there are COVID restrictions): 100%
o Written final exam (or essay if there are COVID restrictions): 100%
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
No previous knowledge on the study of Africa is required.
Prüfungsstoff
The following typical examination topics from past offerings of the course:University of Vienna
Department of African Studies
African Languages and Literatures Section
January 29, 2015Course no 140251 Afriphone Literatures: From Oral to Written Texts in African LanguagesLecture XX: Final Written Examination 2.10pm to 3pmAnswer only one of the following three questions:1. What are the main sources and origins of African oral performances? Illustrate this with the pyramidal organization of the African universe.2. Documenting indigenous cultures, such as African oral literatures, is considered an important aspect of heritage preservation in the 21st Century. Discuss this statement with reference to your study of the spoken and sung texts of the Dagaaba of West Africa.3. In what ways can libation pouring be considered a genre of African oral literature?Good luck!University of Vienna
Department of African Studies
African Languages and Literatures Section
March, 2015Course no 140251 Afriphone Literatures: From Oral to Written Texts in African LanguagesAnswer only one of the following three questions:1. African oral literary performances are very much inspired by the pyramidal organization of the African universe with the Supreme God at the top? Outline this pyramidal organization and illustrate how it inspires oral literture.2. Documenting indigenous cultures, such as African oral literatures, is considered an important aspect of heritage preservation in the 21st Century. How does your study of the spoken and sung texts of the Dagaaba of West Africa help you appreciate this key issue in African literature?3. In what ways can libation pouring be considered a genre of African oral literature?Good luck!
Department of African Studies
African Languages and Literatures Section
January 29, 2015Course no 140251 Afriphone Literatures: From Oral to Written Texts in African LanguagesLecture XX: Final Written Examination 2.10pm to 3pmAnswer only one of the following three questions:1. What are the main sources and origins of African oral performances? Illustrate this with the pyramidal organization of the African universe.2. Documenting indigenous cultures, such as African oral literatures, is considered an important aspect of heritage preservation in the 21st Century. Discuss this statement with reference to your study of the spoken and sung texts of the Dagaaba of West Africa.3. In what ways can libation pouring be considered a genre of African oral literature?Good luck!University of Vienna
Department of African Studies
African Languages and Literatures Section
March, 2015Course no 140251 Afriphone Literatures: From Oral to Written Texts in African LanguagesAnswer only one of the following three questions:1. African oral literary performances are very much inspired by the pyramidal organization of the African universe with the Supreme God at the top? Outline this pyramidal organization and illustrate how it inspires oral literture.2. Documenting indigenous cultures, such as African oral literatures, is considered an important aspect of heritage preservation in the 21st Century. How does your study of the spoken and sung texts of the Dagaaba of West Africa help you appreciate this key issue in African literature?3. In what ways can libation pouring be considered a genre of African oral literature?Good luck!
Literatur
Mark Ali and Adams Bodomo. 2021. Dagaare Folktales in Parallel Texts. LIT Verlag.o Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization, 1991. Proceedings of the International Symposium on African Literatures. Lagos, Nigeria.o Debate exchanges between Chinua Achebe and Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
http://abagond.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/ngugi-wa-thiongo-the-language-of-african-literature/o BBC video interview with Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-23367692o Do not put African writers in a box:
http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/public/The%20World%20Today/2013/OctNov/WT0513WaNgugi.pdfo Bayo Ogunjimi and Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah. 2005. Introduction to African Oral Literature and Performance. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Presso Bodomo, A. B.and Manolete Mora. 2007. Documenting spoken and sung texts of the Dagaaba of West Africa. Empirical Musicology Review, 2(3): 81-102. https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/28815/EMR000028a.pdf;jsessionid=45625CEB56E4269071A4D08E896419CD?sequence=37o Bodomo, A. B. 2017. Parallel text: a theoretical and methodological strategy for promoting African language literature in the twenty first century. In: Translation: A Transdisciplinary Journal, Issue 6, September 2017, p. 36-52.o Senayon Olaoluwa: “The Being That Animates All Things”: Cannibalization, Simulation, and the Animation of Oral Performance in Ngugi's Wizard of the Crow. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, 55/4 , 2014, pp. 389-405.
http://abagond.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/ngugi-wa-thiongo-the-language-of-african-literature/o BBC video interview with Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-23367692o Do not put African writers in a box:
http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/public/The%20World%20Today/2013/OctNov/WT0513WaNgugi.pdfo Bayo Ogunjimi and Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah. 2005. Introduction to African Oral Literature and Performance. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Presso Bodomo, A. B.and Manolete Mora. 2007. Documenting spoken and sung texts of the Dagaaba of West Africa. Empirical Musicology Review, 2(3): 81-102. https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/28815/EMR000028a.pdf;jsessionid=45625CEB56E4269071A4D08E896419CD?sequence=37o Bodomo, A. B. 2017. Parallel text: a theoretical and methodological strategy for promoting African language literature in the twenty first century. In: Translation: A Transdisciplinary Journal, Issue 6, September 2017, p. 36-52.o Senayon Olaoluwa: “The Being That Animates All Things”: Cannibalization, Simulation, and the Animation of Oral Performance in Ngugi's Wizard of the Crow. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, 55/4 , 2014, pp. 389-405.
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
SAL.KU, SAL.T1, SAL.T2
Letzte Änderung: Mo 04.10.2021 11:48
1. To enable students to reflect on the parametres for the definition of ‘literature’, in general, and ‘African literature’, in particular
2. To get students to think of the diglossia/multiligual situations in Africa with respect to literature
3. To enable students to be able to discuss intellectually the literary/cultural production scenario with respect to variables such as access to population groups including class, gender and social/educational statusClass interaction will be in the form of lectures.No previous study on Africa is required.Students who graduate from this course are prepared to pursue more advanced discussions on African literatures and the question of language in literary expressions.