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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : English

106-215/315 Imag (In) Ing Africa

Availability:

Not offered in 1997.

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Contact:

One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial per week.

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 5000 words.

Prescribed Texts:

Course reader available from the department.

  • C Achebe, Anthills of the Savannah
  • J M Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
  • J Conrad, Heart of Darkness
  • M Dlamini, Hell-Hole Robben Island
  • H Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines
  • B Head, Maru
  • A La Guma, Time of the Butcherbird
  • B Kojo Laing, Search Sweet Country
  • V S Naipaul, Bend in the River
  • N Ndebele, Fools and Other Stories
  • Thion'o Ngugi wa, Petals of Blood
  • W Soyinka, Aké: The Years of Childhood
  • N Farrah, Sweet and Sour Milk
  • N Gordimer, July's People
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