FPF:FPFVA030 Introduction to African Writin - Informace o předmětu

FPFVA030 Introduction to African Writing in English

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Mgr. Veronika Nogolová, PhD. (cvičící)

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Mgr. Veronika Nogolová, PhD.
Filozoficko-přírodovědecká fakulta v Opavě

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Cíle předmětu

The aim of the course is to close-read and interpret path-breaking texts of those African writers who have helped define the field of African literature in English. The writers whose texts will be analyzed include Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Nadine Gordimer, and others. Each chapter outlines the life and work of a particular writer, focusing on the predominant motives and themes of their oeuvre. All texts will be discussed in the context of the writers' personal histories, always closely entwined with larger social, political and cultural structures of both colonial and post-colonial times. The course introduces writings representing various literary genres, including essays, poems, short stories, novels and plays. This approach will help the students to appreciate the complexity, variety and richness of African writing in English, as well as its evolution towards its now emancipated position within the vast filed of literature written in English.

Výstupy z učení

Orientace v současné anglo-africké literatuře a jejích stěžejních tématech.

Osnova

• 1. Introduction: Conrad and the Colonial Representation of Africa
  2. Aimé Césaire; or Colonialism Exposed
  3. Frantz Fanon; or Blackness as a Curse
  4. Wole Soyinka; or Colonialism as Dramatic Incident
  5. Chinua Achebe; or the Image Inverted
  6. Amos Tutuola; or Interlanguage
  7. Tanure Ojaide; or Political Consciousness
  8. Buchi Emecheta; or African Motherhood
  9. Tsitsi Dangarembga; or Nervous Condition
  10. Ngugi wa Thiong'o; or the Struggle Betrayed
  11. Derek Walcott; or Poisoned Blood
  12. Nadine Gordimer; or Apartheid and its Aftermath
  

Literatura

doporučená literatura
• Wisker, Gina. Key Concepts In Postcolonial Literature. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. info
• Ashcroft, Bill, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin. The Empire Writes Back. London: Routledge, 2001. info
• Loomba, Ania. Colonialism/Postcolonialism. London: Routledge, 1998. info
• Young, Robert, J. C. Colonial Desire: Hybridity in Theory, Culture and Race. London: Routledge, 1995. info
• Lee, Robert A., ed. Other Britain, Other British. London: Pluto, 1995. info
• Ashcroft, Bill, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin. The Postcolonial Studies Reader. London: Routledge, 1995. info
• Said, Edward W. Culture and Imperialism. London: Ghatto and Windus, 1993. info

Výukové metody

Seminář

Metody hodnocení

Ústní zkouška

Vyučovací jazyk

Angličtina

Informace učitele

- 70% attendance in classes
- active participation in discussions
- critical essay of 2-3 pages debating a chosen text

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