140359 VO Mother-Daughter Relationships in Europhone Women's Fiction from Sub-Saharan Africa (2012S)
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Language: English
Examination dates
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Thursday
08.03.
11:00 - 13:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Thursday
15.03.
11:00 - 13:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Thursday
22.03.
11:00 - 13:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Thursday
29.03.
11:00 - 13:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Thursday
19.04.
11:00 - 13:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Thursday
26.04.
11:00 - 13:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Thursday
03.05.
11:00 - 13:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Thursday
10.05.
11:00 - 13:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Thursday
24.05.
11:00 - 13:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Thursday
31.05.
11:00 - 13:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Thursday
14.06.
11:00 - 13:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Thursday
21.06.
11:00 - 13:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Thursday
28.06.
11:00 - 13:00
Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
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Aims, contents and method of the course
A recurrent feature of contemporary African women’s writing, the depiction of mother-daughter relationships invests African women’s knowledge, voices, and experiences with additional value and visibility. While mother-daughter relations constitute sites of bonding and devotion, they are also fraught with frustration and conflicts. This course sets out to explore the tension between the idealization and abjection of mother as well as the different shades of affection and aversion between mothers and daughters depicted in selected sub-Saharan europhone African fiction crafted by women. Chosen narratives are by both established and new authors. Eclectically driven by postcolonial theory, feminism, and psychoanalysis, this investigation will also lean on disciplines such as history, mythology, religion, and anthropology.
Assessment and permitted materials
Writing of a convincing and cohesive essay at the end of the course.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students will:
i. explore the tension between African mother’s space of veneration and space of abjection
ii. identify, interpret, and analyze the nuances of mother-daughter relationships in europhone African fiction written by women
iii. engage with the socio-cultural, political, and conceptual contexts that frame the representation of these relationships
iv. determine the extent to which intra-textual parameters such as the socio-professional profile of mother and daughter as well as narration by the daughter or her fictional surrogate inform the textualization of mother-daughter relations in chosen narratives
v. write a convincing and cohesive essay at the end of the course
i. explore the tension between African mother’s space of veneration and space of abjection
ii. identify, interpret, and analyze the nuances of mother-daughter relationships in europhone African fiction written by women
iii. engage with the socio-cultural, political, and conceptual contexts that frame the representation of these relationships
iv. determine the extent to which intra-textual parameters such as the socio-professional profile of mother and daughter as well as narration by the daughter or her fictional surrogate inform the textualization of mother-daughter relations in chosen narratives
v. write a convincing and cohesive essay at the end of the course
Examination topics
lecture, lecturettes, discussions.
Reading list
Primary Texts
Adeniran, Sade. 2007. Imagine This. London: SW Books.
Barya, Mildred Kiconco. 2006. 'Scars of Earth.' In Ama Ata Aidoo (ed.). African Love Stories: An Anthology. Banbury: Ayebia Clarke: 99-104.
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.
Bugul, Ken. 2003. De l’autre côté du regard. Paris: Le Serpent à Plumes.
Bugul, Ken. 2008. [1982]. The Abandoned Baobab Tree: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press.
Dangarembga, Tsitsi. 2006. The Book of Not. Banbury: Ayebia Clarke
Darko, Amma. 2003. Faceless. Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers.
Darko, Amma. 1998. The Housemaid. Portsmouth/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Darko, Amma. 1995. [1991]. Beyond the Horizon. Portsmouth/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Emecheta, Buchi. 1995. [1976]. The Bride Price. Portsmouth/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Forna, Aminatta. 2006. Ancestor Stones. London: Bloomsbury.
Ngcobo, Lauretta. 1999. [1990].And They Didn’t Die. New York: Women’s Press at CUNY.
Shoneyin, Lola. 2011. [2010]. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives. London: Serpent’s Tail.
Tadjo, Véronique. 2006. 'La mère cannibale.' Notre Librairie 163: 130-133.
Tlali, Miriam. 2004. [1975]. Between Two Worlds. Peterborough: Broadview Press.
Adeniran, Sade. 2007. Imagine This. London: SW Books.
Barya, Mildred Kiconco. 2006. 'Scars of Earth.' In Ama Ata Aidoo (ed.). African Love Stories: An Anthology. Banbury: Ayebia Clarke: 99-104.
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.
Bugul, Ken. 2003. De l’autre côté du regard. Paris: Le Serpent à Plumes.
Bugul, Ken. 2008. [1982]. The Abandoned Baobab Tree: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press.
Dangarembga, Tsitsi. 2006. The Book of Not. Banbury: Ayebia Clarke
Darko, Amma. 2003. Faceless. Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers.
Darko, Amma. 1998. The Housemaid. Portsmouth/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Darko, Amma. 1995. [1991]. Beyond the Horizon. Portsmouth/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Emecheta, Buchi. 1995. [1976]. The Bride Price. Portsmouth/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Forna, Aminatta. 2006. Ancestor Stones. London: Bloomsbury.
Ngcobo, Lauretta. 1999. [1990].And They Didn’t Die. New York: Women’s Press at CUNY.
Shoneyin, Lola. 2011. [2010]. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives. London: Serpent’s Tail.
Tadjo, Véronique. 2006. 'La mère cannibale.' Notre Librairie 163: 130-133.
Tlali, Miriam. 2004. [1975]. Between Two Worlds. Peterborough: Broadview Press.
Association in the course directory
SAL, (AL.1), EC-148
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