140355 KU Linguistic Features of Europhone African Literature (2012S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 13.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Tuesday 20.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Tuesday 27.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Tuesday 17.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Tuesday 24.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Tuesday 08.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Tuesday 15.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Tuesday 22.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Tuesday 05.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Tuesday 12.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Tuesday 19.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
- Tuesday 26.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Building upon students’ previous knowledge of African literatures and cognate disciplines, the course will examine some salient linguistic features of europhone African literature. Areas to be covered will include literary collages, paremiology, creolization, code mixing and code switching, agonistic discourse, taboo adherence and taboo breaking.
Assessment and permitted materials
Presenting of a well-organized paper at the end of the course.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students will:
i. identify and analyze the linguistic traits of African literature written in metropolitan languages
ii. engage with the concept of europhone African literature as a hybrid linguistic creation
iii. determine the place of gender in this textualization
iv. present a well-organized paper at the end of the course
i. identify and analyze the linguistic traits of African literature written in metropolitan languages
ii. engage with the concept of europhone African literature as a hybrid linguistic creation
iii. determine the place of gender in this textualization
iv. present a well-organized paper at the end of the course
Examination topics
Mini lectures, discussion, interactive modules.
Reading list
Primary Texts
Achebe, Chinua. 1958. Things Fall Apart. London: Heinemann.
Adeniran, Sade. 2007. Imagine This. London: SW Books.
Aidoo, Ama Ata. 1965. The Dilemma of a Ghost. Harlow: Longman.
Bâ, Mariama. 2000. [1979]. So Long a Letter. Portsmouth/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Beyala, Calixthe. 1996. [1988]. Your Name Shall Be Tanga. Portsmouth/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Beyala, Calixthe. 1996. [1987].The Sun Hath Looked upon Me. Portsmouth/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Beyala, Calixthe. 2003. Femme nue, femme noire. Paris: Albin Michel.
p’Bitek, Okot. 1966. Song of Lawino. London: Heinemann.
Bugul, Ken. 2008. [1982]. The Abandoned Baobab Tree: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press.
Darko, Amma. 2003. Faceless. Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers.
Diop, David. 1973. [1956]. Hammer Blows and Other Writings. Bloomington/Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.
Head, Bessie. 1977. The Collector of Treasures. Oxford:Heinemann.
Kourouma, Ahmadou. 1981. [1968]. The Suns of Independence. London/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Nganang, Patrice. 2006. [2001]. Dog Days. Charlottesville:University of Virginia Press.
Ngcobo, Lauretta. 1999. [1990].And They Didn’t Die. New York: Women’s Press at CUNY
Oyono, Ferdinand. 1990. [1956]. Houseboy. Oxford: Heinemann.
Rotimi, Ola. 1971. The Gods are not to Blame. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Saro-Wiwa, Ken. 1991. [1985]. Sozaboy. Sozaboy. Harlow: Longman.
Shoneyin, Lola. 2011. [2010]. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives. London: Serpent’s Tail.
Soyinka, Wole. 1966. [1963].The Lion and the Jewel. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Achebe, Chinua. 1958. Things Fall Apart. London: Heinemann.
Adeniran, Sade. 2007. Imagine This. London: SW Books.
Aidoo, Ama Ata. 1965. The Dilemma of a Ghost. Harlow: Longman.
Bâ, Mariama. 2000. [1979]. So Long a Letter. Portsmouth/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Beyala, Calixthe. 1996. [1988]. Your Name Shall Be Tanga. Portsmouth/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Beyala, Calixthe. 1996. [1987].The Sun Hath Looked upon Me. Portsmouth/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Beyala, Calixthe. 2003. Femme nue, femme noire. Paris: Albin Michel.
p’Bitek, Okot. 1966. Song of Lawino. London: Heinemann.
Bugul, Ken. 2008. [1982]. The Abandoned Baobab Tree: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press.
Darko, Amma. 2003. Faceless. Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers.
Diop, David. 1973. [1956]. Hammer Blows and Other Writings. Bloomington/Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.
Head, Bessie. 1977. The Collector of Treasures. Oxford:Heinemann.
Kourouma, Ahmadou. 1981. [1968]. The Suns of Independence. London/Ibadan: Heinemann.
Nganang, Patrice. 2006. [2001]. Dog Days. Charlottesville:University of Virginia Press.
Ngcobo, Lauretta. 1999. [1990].And They Didn’t Die. New York: Women’s Press at CUNY
Oyono, Ferdinand. 1990. [1956]. Houseboy. Oxford: Heinemann.
Rotimi, Ola. 1971. The Gods are not to Blame. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Saro-Wiwa, Ken. 1991. [1985]. Sozaboy. Sozaboy. Harlow: Longman.
Shoneyin, Lola. 2011. [2010]. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives. London: Serpent’s Tail.
Soyinka, Wole. 1966. [1963].The Lion and the Jewel. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Association in the course directory
AS.KU, (AS.2)
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