143341 PS Introductory Seminar in African Literatures (2023S)
"Kintu": Sexuality, Family and Politics in an African Context
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 01.02.2023 08:00 to Fr 03.03.2023 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.03.2023 23:59
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Wednesday 08.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Wednesday 15.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Wednesday 22.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Wednesday 29.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Wednesday 19.04. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Wednesday 26.04. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Wednesday 03.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Wednesday 10.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Wednesday 17.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Wednesday 24.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Wednesday 31.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Wednesday 07.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Wednesday 14.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Wednesday 21.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Wednesday 28.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Course assessment:
1) Attendance and participation in group discussions (oral)
2) Keeping a reading diary during the semester (written)
3) Written exposé for a proseminar paper of 2-3 pages including literature research + oral presentation of the topic (with PPT)
4) Proseminar paper on a self-selected topic of about 10 pages by August 31, 2023.
1) Attendance and participation in group discussions (oral)
2) Keeping a reading diary during the semester (written)
3) Written exposé for a proseminar paper of 2-3 pages including literature research + oral presentation of the topic (with PPT)
4) Proseminar paper on a self-selected topic of about 10 pages by August 31, 2023.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Evaluation:
1) Attendance and participation in group discussions: 20%.
2) Reading diary: 20%
2) concept and oral presentation of the topic: 20%
4) Proseminar paper: 40%
All four requirements must be met in order to pass the proseminar.
Regular attendance is required; a maximum of three excused absences will be tolerated.
Both the novel Kintu and the research literature are largely in English, so appropriate English language skills are required.
1) Attendance and participation in group discussions: 20%.
2) Reading diary: 20%
2) concept and oral presentation of the topic: 20%
4) Proseminar paper: 40%
All four requirements must be met in order to pass the proseminar.
Regular attendance is required; a maximum of three excused absences will be tolerated.
Both the novel Kintu and the research literature are largely in English, so appropriate English language skills are required.
Examination topics
No exam, see requirements above
Reading list
Jennifer Nansubugua Makumbi (2017) Kintu. Oakland California: Transit Books.
Further reading will be researched independently by students as part of the work process and supplemented by the teacher.
Further reading will be researched independently by students as part of the work process and supplemented by the teacher.
Association in the course directory
PAL 1, PAL 2
Last modified: We 08.03.2023 15:28
"Kintu" (2014) is a novel by Ugandan author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi that made literary history upon its publication. It is a fascinating family saga, several hundred pages long, that stretches from the Kingdom of Buganda to contemporary Uganda, redefining relationships between genders, generations, and between community and nation. Beyond Uganda, it is a literary and historical project through which Makumbi demonstrates African systems of knowledge and belief and their translation into an African modernity. "Kintu" offers a wealth of points of connection for developing an alternative understanding of modernity, sexuality, of the relationship between family and national community, of spiritual health, and of dealing with a traumatic past.
In this course we will first read the novel together in the form of a guided reading and discuss it in the context of feminist, Afrocentric and decolonial discourses in particular. In a second step, students will develop their own themes from it, present them and write a proseminar paper on them.