Undergraduate Course: POSTCOLONIAL AFRICAN LITERATURE IN PORTUGUESE (ELCH10064)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will introduce major topics in Lusophone African Literature and Culture from the colonial period (still under Portuguese rule) until Cape Verde, Angola and Mozambique's independence between 1974 and 1975. A wide-ranging selection of novels and short stories will be studied in the context of historical and political events. Particular attention will be paid to the following themes: nation-building, colonialism and post-colonialism; race and regionalism; gender and sexuality; revolution and ideology. These topics will allow the student to think and write comparatively, and to combine detailed textual analysis with theoretical debate and a consideration of historical and cultural factors. Background information and relevant aspects of critical theory will be examined during seminars. Classes will be a mixture of lecture, seminar and student-led discussion. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Students must purchase copies of the set texts |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Not available for visiting students. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- grasp major themes and trends in Lusophone African cultural expression from the colonial period until independence and post-colonial times
- evaluate the ways in which different genres and the diversity of Lusophone African culture make possible different modes of engagement with these genres
- analyse Lusophone African materials using critical and theoretical methodologies to substantiate and illustrate arguments
- improve their skills of literary/filmic criticism and theoretical analysis
- enhance their communication skills through a variety of techniques, from essay writing, commentary analysis to oral presentations
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Reading List
Recommended:
Phillip rothwell (ed.), Re-evaluating Mozambique (Portuguese Literary and cultural Studies)
Phillip Rothwell (ed.) Remembering Angola (Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies)
Phillip Rothwell, A Postmodern Nationalist: Truth, Orality, and Gender in the work of Mia Couto
Ana Mafalda Leite, Hilary Owen, Rita Chaves, Livia Apa (eds) Narrating the Postcolonial Nation: Mapping Angola and Mozambique
Hilary Owen, Mother Africa, Father Marx
Patrick Chabal (ed.) Postcolonial Liteerrature of Lisophone Africa.
Patrick Chabal (ed.) A History of Postcolonial Lusophone Africa
Bill Ahscroft, The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-colonial Literatures
Bill Ahscroft, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin, Post-colonial Studies: the key concepts
Fernando Arenas, Lusophone Arica: Beyond Independence |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Rosane Carneiro Ramos
Tel:
Email: Rosane.Carneiro.Ramos@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Kat Zabecka
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
Email: K.Zabecka@ed.ac.uk |
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