INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN LITERATURE

AFRICAN 402

Approaches to the analysis of African oral narrative performances, heroic poetry, epic, and the genres of written literature: Aesthetic, symbolic, and structural analysis and their interrelationships.

AFRICAN 203

Introduction to a special topic in African literature, focused on a specific region or genre.

AFRICAN 303

An introduction to literature and visual culture of Africa in various periods and places; specific topics will vary.

AFRICAN 901

Special topics in modern African literature, covering various genres (prose, poetry, drama).

AFRICAN 606

A critical and historical study of selected topics in African literary studies.