World Literatures 205 - African Literature and Cinema

African Lit & Cinema

Fall
2025
01
4.00

TU TH 9:25 AM - 10:40 AM

Smith College
WLT-205-01-202601
A study of the major writers and diverse literary traditions of Africa, with emphasis on the historical, political, social and cultural contexts of the emergence of writing, reception and consumption. The course pays particular attention to several questions: in what contexts did modern African literature emerge? Is the term "African literature" a useful category? How do African writers challenge Western representations of Africa? How do they articulate the crisis of postcoloniality? How do women writers reshape our understanding of gender and the politics of resistance?
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