Course AJP25Y

Intercultural Literature Studies: Literature and Politics in Contemporary Africa

7.5 Credits
Second Cycle

Main field of study: African Studies, Intercultural Literature Studies

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Learning outcomes for the course

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 through literature from parts of Africa where European languages or Arabic is spoken
  • problematise conceptions of Africa and African-ness
  • discuss, from a theoretical and critically based perspective, 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
  • communicate key questions pertaining to African societies and literature in both oral and written work.