# AFRICAN 406: Topics in African Literature | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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### departments

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### title

TOPICS IN AFRICAN LITERATURE

### description

Provides a conceptual focus for the study of various forms of literature from around the African world. Literary forms studied may include novels, drama, poetry, short stories, cinema, and more. Depending on the conceptual focus, texts from a particular region, period, or language may be stressed, or they will coalesce around certain themes, such as modernity, cultural identity, nation building, ideology, globalization, and more.

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* Conceptual analysis of African literary forms.
* Study of diverse literary and media forms.

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#### graded

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## following

| code        | title                                       |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| AFRICAN 605 | ADVANCED TOPICS IN AFRICAN CULTURAL STUDIES |
| AFRICAN 606 | ADVANCED TOPICS IN AFRICAN LITERATURE       |