140488 VO New Writing from Africa (2011W)
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Language: English
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- Tuesday 11.10. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Tuesday 18.10. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Tuesday 25.10. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Tuesday 08.11. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Tuesday 15.11. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Tuesday 22.11. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Tuesday 29.11. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Tuesday 06.12. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Tuesday 13.12. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Tuesday 10.01. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Tuesday 17.01. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Tuesday 24.01. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Tuesday 31.01. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
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Aims, contents and method of the course
What are African writers thinking and writing about in the first decade of the 21st century? This Special Lecture series on recent African Anglophone writing (2000-2010) will explore current trends in African writing and criticism. We will analyze African writing as part of world literature, rather than simply part of "postcolonial literature", and analyze its thematic, aesthetic, political and material aspects. The course will include a variety of genres, such as the novel, the short story, the autobiography, bildungsroman, and the detective thriller. Topics to be discussed include writing about trauma experiences; realism versus postmodernist approaches; the question of political engagement; diasporic identities; the impact of globalization on Africa; the ethical issues around autobiographical writing and fictionalized autobiography; the issues of publishing, marketing, and audience; and the exoticization and commodification of Africa in the West. Our analyses will be informed by contemporary cultural theories, especially globalization theories, paying close attention to the way African writing re-interprets the world around us.
Assessment and permitted materials
Final exam.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
- identify, analyse and understand key theoretical, historical and aesthetic issues in contemporary African writing.
- apply close reading skills to a variety of literary texts.
- reflect critically on the relations between primary texts and relevant secondary texts.
- apply close reading skills to a variety of literary texts.
- reflect critically on the relations between primary texts and relevant secondary texts.
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Association in the course directory
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A 344 UF: SPP 2070 Freie Wahlfächer (UF Englisch)
A 343 Diplom: SPP 2230 M721-M722-M723 - Eine weitere LV nach Wahl
SPP 2231 Freie Wahlfächer (Diplom)
A 844 MA Anglophone Literatures and Cultures: 5224 3071 - MA7 Transdisziplinäres Modul
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