Course AHI272

African Studies: Literature and Politics in Contemporary Africa

7 Credits
Second Cycle
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Starts week 3, 2024

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

  • discuss, from a theoretical and critically based perspective, poitical, cultural and ethical questions of relevance for contemporary African societies, reflected through literature from parts of Africa where Arabic is spoken and parts where European languages are spoken
  • argue in a clear and well-founded manner for their own analysis of literary depictions of African societies
  • describe and evaluate the analyses of others of literary depictions of African societies
  • critically reflect on key themes in literary depictions of African societies.
Starts and ends:
week 3, 2024 - week 12, 2024
Study Rate:
50%
Location:
Flexible (Falun)
Time of Day:
Day
Teaching form:
Distance
Language:
English
Other:
Only for Exchange Students (Erasmus)
Entry Qualifications :
  • Bachelor Degree of 180 credits in the field of Humanities, Social Sciences or Education and English 6. No knowledge of Swedish is required.
Application Code:
HDA-V3GBN
Main field of study:
Online Education
Compulsory meetings:
0 physical
5 online
Computer Skills:

Surf on the Internet, read and send emails, use a word-processing programme (e.g. Word). Connect a camera and headphones to the computer and install a programme using instructions.

Computer Capacity:

Access to a computer (Not a mini pc, tablet or similar) that is not older than three years (or equivalent) and broadband connection, at least 1 Mbit/s (not mobile broadband, because mobile broadband can vary considerably in speed).

Means of Education:

Higher rate of web-based communication where our learning platform (Learn/Canvas) is a natural element of the course. Web-based meetings with sound and image where simple presentations can be held. Lectures can be broadcast live or can alternatively be made available afterwards online.

Literature List

Literature lists are published at the latest one month ahead of the course start date.

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