ENGL 218 - African Literature

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University of Richmond

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Representative works from written traditions in modern African literature. Prerequisite(s): English 103 with a grade of C or better or exemption. General Education Requirement: (FSLT) Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: Many students have read Chinua Achebe's classic Nigerian novel Things Fall Apart, but beyond that most people in this country are unaware of the rich, diverse body of writing that has arisen over the past six decades in Africa, a continent that has already produced four Nobel laureates in literature. This course is designed as an introductory survey and is intended, in part, to provide a more broadly based familiarity with the literature of Africa. It focuses attention both on thematic concerns characteristic of many modern African works (colonialism and revolution, uncertain cultural identity, etc.) and on special problems of expression faced by contemporary African writers (use of a second language, the interaction of African and European forms, etc.). It includes works by writers from various regions of the African continent - texts originally composed in English as well as works translated from French and from various African languages. It also examines ways in which one's own culture shapes one's reading of the products of other cultures. More generally, this course aims to extend students' powers of literary interpretation and to help them rethink literary analysis as an activity that is open to a variety of different approaches, some of which entail quite different kinds of results

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.richmond.edu

Phone Number:

(804) 289-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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