Kurzus nemzetközi vendég- és részidős hallgatóknak
- Kar
- Bölcsészettudományi Kar
- Szervezet
- BTK Anglisztika Tanszék
- Kód
- BBI-ANG-227E.G2
- Cím
- African Childhoods on Page
- Tervezett félév
- Mindkét
- Meghirdetve
- 2023/24/2
- ECTS
- 3
- Nyelv
- en
- Oktatás célja
- During the course, students will read and discuss works by African authors, all of which focus on the theme of childhood in different ways. The coming-of-age stories analyzed in class offer a glimpse into the multifaceted portrayals of childhood in Africa and the African diaspora as well as the main stakes of postcolonial interpretation.
- Tantárgy tartalma
- Selected works of contemporary South African, Nigerian and Zimbabwean fiction as specified by the instructor (see: list of compulsory readings) as well as critical works accompanying the novels. During the course we will also spend time contextualizing the cultural background of the works, including social issues arising as a result of independence struggles. The disparate ways in which authors narrate childhood experiences will also be discussed.
- Számonkérés és értékelés
- Exam mark offered in advance on the basis of in-class activity, a presentation or a shorter mid-term assignment and a home paper of cca. 5-6 pages.
- Irodalomjegyzék
- a) compulsory: Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi (2009). “Tomorrow is Too Far”. (in the short story collection The Thing Around Your Neck) Bulawayo, NoViolet (2013). We Need New Names. Dangarembga, Tsitsi (1988). Nervous Conditions. OR Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi (2003). Purple Hibiscus. Iweala, Uzodinma (2005). Beasts of No Nation. Noah, Trevor (2016). Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood. (selected chapters) Okorafor, Nnedi (2015). Binti. b) recommended (for the individual presenters): Chikafa-Chipiro, Rosemary. “Tsitsi Dangarembga and the Zimbabwean Pain Body.” Journal of African Cultural Studies, vol. 32, no. 4, 2020, pp. 445-447. Austen, Ralph A. “Struggling with the African Bildungsroman.” Research in African Literatures, vol. 46, no. 3, 2015, pp. 214-231. Kearney, J. A. “The Representation of Child Soldiers in Contemporary African Fiction.” Journal of Literary Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, 2010, pp. 67-94. Ouma, Christopher E. W. Childhood in Contemporary Diasporic African Literature: Memories and Futures Past. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.