AFRI 1580 - Contemporary African Women's Literature

Institution:

Brown University

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Description:

The aim of the course is to introduce students to novels like Head's A Question of Power, El Saadawi's God Dies by the Nile, Adochie's Half of a Yellow Sun and other major prose works by contemporary African women writers. It will present the African woman as a writer, her environment and her commitments. The emphasis is on the writing of continental African women, but will include works of other women writers. For a brief but necessary historical background to the course, it will be introduced with selections from Margaret Busby's Daughters of Africa. Enrollment limited to 25.

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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