AFRS 210b - Comparative Perspectives on African Literature

Institution:

Vassar College

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African literatures written in English and in French have tended to be considered as separate entities. The purpose of this course is to question that divide by studying specific novels, ranging from 1953-2004, in dialogue with one another. Related films are shown and discussed. Works studied are Chinua Achege's (Nigeria) Things Fall Apart (1958), Ahmadou Kourouma's (Ivory Coast) The Suns of Independence (1968, trad. 1981), Camara Laye's (Guinea) The Dark Child: Autobiography of an African Boy (1953, trad. 1954), Wole Soyinka's (Nigeria) Ake: The Years of Childhood (1981), Mongo Beti's (Cameroon) Perpetua and the Habit of Unhappiness (1953, trad. 1978), Ayi Kewi Armah's (Ghana) The Beautiful One Are Not Yet Born (1988), Aminata Sow Fall's (Senegal) The Beggars Strike (1981), Helon Habila's (Nigeria) Waiting for an Angel (2004), Buddhi Emecheta's (Nigeria/England) The New Tribe (2000) and Calixthe Beyala's (Cameroon/France) Loukoum: The Little Prince of Belleville (1992, trad. 1998). Ms. CNot offered in 2008/09.

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.vassar.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 437-7000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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