This course explores a sampling of African literature written in English through a specific lens: a focus on a particular nation or a more general thematic approach. Through readings of this literature, supplemented with theoretical works, students will study issues and themes such as the impact of colonialism, the challenges of postcolonialism, hybridity, nationalism, class, gender, sexual identity, migration, globalization, as well as the wide variety of genres employed by African authors [3 credits]
This course explores a sampling of African literature written in English through a specific lens: a focus on a particular nation or a more general thematic approach. Through readings of this literature, supplemented with theoretical works, students will study issues and themes such as the impact of colonialism, the challenges of postcolonialism, hybridity, nationalism, class, gender, sexual identity, migration, globalization, as well as the wide variety of genres employed by African authors [3 credits]
