LIT-473 Seminar: Major African Writers

A general survey of contemporary African literature, and critical inquiry of selected works by major African writers such as Achebe, Aidoo, Dangarembga, Adiche, Sembene, Soyinka, la Guma and Gordimer. Attention to theoretical and practical questions of ideology, genre, language, gender, class and geographic region to determine the multiple articulations among authors, texts and audiences.

Maximum Enrollment

Seminar (12)

(Social Structural and Institutional Hierarchies, Seminar.)

Credits

1

Prerequisite

Three courses in Literature or consent of instructor

Notes

(Genre or History) Open to juniors and seniors only.