140131 VO Issues in African Literature in English: Past and Present (2012S)

.) identify, analyse and understand key theoretical and historical issues in the field of African literature
.) understand the development of modern African literature
.) analyse key African literary works in terms of their social, historical, aesthetic and philosophical context
.) apply close reading skills to a variety of literary texts
.) reflect critically on the relations between primary texts and relevant secondary texts
.) discriminate between ideas, define personal positions and justify them intellectually
.) produce well-structured, relevant arguments with an appropriate intellectual framework