Intercultural Literature Studies: Literature and Politics in Contemporary Africa

On completion of the course, students will be able to:

• explain and critically reflect on political, cultural and ethical issues significant to contemporary African societies as reflected in literature from parts of Africa where European languages or Arabic is spoken
• problematise conceptions of Africa and the concept of African-ness
• from theoretical and critical perspectives discuss the complexity in the formation and development of national and cultural identities in African societies
• argue clearly and convincingly for their own analyses of literary depictions of African societies, and present and evaluate the analyses of others that are similar
• discuss, orally and in writing, key questions regarding literary depictions of African societies.

On completion of the course, students will be able to:

• explain and critically reflect on political, cultural and ethical issues significant to contemporary African societies as reflected in literature from parts of Africa where European languages or Arabic is spoken
• problematise conceptions of Africa and the concept of African-ness
• from theoretical and critical perspectives discuss the complexity in the formation and development of national and cultural identities in African societies
• argue clearly and convincingly for their own analyses of literary depictions of African societies, and present and evaluate the analyses of others that are similar
• discuss, orally and in writing, key questions regarding literary depictions of African societies.