609668 British and/or Postcolonial Literature: African Short Stories

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609668
British and/or Postcolonial Literature: African Short Stories
PS 2
5
wöch.
semestral
Englisch
The aim of this seminar is to provide an introduction to African fiction and to the work of some of its major practitioners through a consideration of the short story. There is now such a wealth of short stories by African writers that it is difficult to compile a selection which fully reflects the variety and the excellence of the literary work available. We shall be looking at a range of texts from various countries which will provide some insight into the concerns of African writers and give us an idea of their notion of the possibilities of the short story as a genre.
Among the texts we shall be discussing are: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria), “A Private Experience” and “The Thing around your Neck” Ama Ata Aidoo (Ghana), “Certain Winds from the South” Doreen Baingana (Uganda), “Tropical fish” Bessie Head (Botswana) “Life” and “The Collector of Treasures” Christopher Hope (South Africa), “Learning to Fly” Charles Mungoshi (Zimbabwe) “The Setting Sun and the Rolling World” and “Coming of the Dry Season” Ivan Vladislavić (South Africa), “Propaganda by Monuments” Zoë Wicomb (South Africa), “You can’t get lost in Cape Town.”
Anmeldevoraussetzung/en: Bachelorstudium: positive Beurteilung der Pflichtmodule 3 und 16 Entspricht im Diplomstudium (343): PS 2 English Literature Entspricht im Lehramtsstudium (344): PS 2 English Literature
Beginn: 5. November 2012
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