Literary Africa

Spring 2010 ENGL 1760T S01

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Instructor: Olakunle George

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Course Description

Explores the sense in which the word "Africa" has come to carry a range of disparate moral, epistemological, and political connotations in literary and related discourses. We will study 19th century autobiographical and travel writing by black African agents of Christian missionary organizations (Ajayi Crowther, Birch Freeman, Philip Quaque, Joseph Wright); critical essays by contemporary scholars of postcolonial cultures (Appiah, Bhabha, Mudimbe, Peel, Pratt); and imaginative literature by African writers (Achebe, Soyinka, Ngugi, Marechera, Vera). Enrollment limited. Not open to first-year students.