AFST 40575 - Fictions of the South Atlantic

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Africana Studies

Description:

Taught in English, this seminar offers a comparative study of 19th, 20th, and 21st-century fiction writing in the Lusophone South Atlantic, particularly exploring the historical connections and the cultural links between Brazil and Angola. Topics for discussion include the slave trade, colonialism, luso-tropicalism, race relations, religion, diaspora, postcolonial identities, and the charged notion of Lusophone black cultures. Readings in Brazilian and Angolan fiction, as well as in historical and anthropological writing. Among the authors to be considered are, on the Brazilian side, Machado de Assis, Lima Barreto, Jorge Amado, and António Olinto, and, on the Angolan side, Luandino Vieira, Pepetela, José Eduardo Agualusa, and Ondjaki.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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