Universität Wien
Course Exam

143201 VO Race, Gender and Sexuality in African Literature (2020S)

This exam will be held online.

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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).

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Examination topics

Exam questions will be given in advance. Exam questions include Yes/NO, multiple choice, open question and short text analysis.

Essay topics will be given mid-semester. All essay topics reflect lecture topics.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam
OR
Argumentative essay, 3500 words

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

- identify, analyse and understand key theoretical and historical issues in the field of postcolonialism
- understand the operations of race and gender categories in African literature, history and philosophy
- analyse key African literary works in terms of their social and historical 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 and define personal positions and justify them intellectually
- produce well-structured, relevant arguments with an appropriate intellectual framework

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