Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 56)
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106-215/315 "Imag(in)ing Africa" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p56) : Next:106-216 | Prev:106-300
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd year
Coordinator: Anne Neumann and Phillip Darby.
Contact: One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial per week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully will:
- be familiar with representative literary narratives both from and about Africa;
- begin to understand the literature of Africa in the context of colonial and post-colonial African history;
- learn how the colonised are viewed by their colonisers and how a therefore 'marginalised' culture subsequently theorises both its own tradition and its relation to the dominant colonial culture;
- see how literature engages politics, how politics contextualises literature, and how narrative form carries political content.
Content:
This subject is an introduction to literary narratives from and about Africa in relation both to their own historical, political, and literary background and to their equivalents within European culture.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p56) : Next:106-216 | Prev:106-300
2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p102) : Next:106-216 | Prev:106-300
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Anne Neumann and Phillip Darby.
Contact: One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial each week
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully will:
- be familiar with representative literary narratives both from and about Africa;
- begin to understand the literature of Africa in the context of colonial and post-colonial African history;
- learn how the colonised are viewed by their colonisers and how a therefore "marginalised" culture subsequently theorises both its own tradition and its relation to the dominant colonial culture; and
- see how literature engages politics, how politics contextualises literature, and how narrative form carries political content.
Content:
This subject is an introduction to literary narratives from and about Africa in relation both to their own historical, political, and literary background and to their equivalents within European culture.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
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2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p102) : Next:106-216 | Prev:106-300
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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