230210 West-African English Fiction (S) (WiSe 2018/2019)
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The West African countries Ghana (1957) and Nigeria (1960) were ammong the first African nation-states to gain political independence with others soon following suit. In this socio-political-cultural context a new species of African fiction emerged which served as an imaginary reclamation of the pre-colonial and colonial past as well as a reflection of the post-colonial present.
This class will focus on one classical example from Nigeria that highlihts the multi-levelled fabric of a pre-colonial society (Achebe, TFA) and three 21st century varieties of an increasingly globalized African literature negotiating facets of post-colonial life at home (Abani, Graceland) and in a contemporary environment of cultural exchange betweeen Ghana and Great Britain (Kelman, Pigeon English) and Nigeria and the U.S. (Adichie, Americanah).
Bibliography
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Term texts:
Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (1957)
Chris Abani, Graceland (2004)
Stephen Kelman, Pigeon English (2011)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah (2013)
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| 23-ANG-AngPM2 Profilmodul 2: British Studies | 2.3 British Literature and Media | Study requirement
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| 23-ANG-AngPM2.1 Profilmodul 2.1: British Studies | 2.1.3 British Literature and Media | Study requirement
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| 23-ANG-AngPM2.1_a Profilmodul 2.1: British Studies | 2.1.3 Literature and Culture | Study requirement
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| 23-ANG-AngPM2_a Profilmodul 2: British Studies | 2.3 Literature and Culture | Study requirement
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| 23-ANG-AngVM1 Vertiefungsmodul 1: Britain | 1.2 British Literature: Genre, Periods, Authors | Study requirement
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| 1.3 British Cultural Studies: Theories, Periods, Media | Study requirement
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| 23-ANG-AngVM4 Vertiefungsmodul 4: Anglophone Studies | Anglophone Literatures and Cultures | Study requirement
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| 23-ANG-AngVM7 Vertiefungsmodul 7: Literary Studies, Cultural Studies and Linguistics in the Classroom | 7.1 Literary Studies in the Classroom | Study requirement
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| 7.2 Cultural Studies in the Classroom | Study requirement
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| 23-GP Global Perspectives | Bereich 1: International politics, law and economics | Study requirement
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| Bereich 2: World history, culture and language | Study requirement
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| Degree programme/academic programme | Validity | Variant | Subdivision | Status | Semester | LP | |
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| Internationales in Studium und Lehre (Einschreibung bis SS 2011) | Wahl | 3 | aktive Teilnahme Global Perspectives, Bereich 1,2 GS |
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