L. Podis (Rhetoric) and B. Matambo (Creative Writing)
4 HU, CD, W-INT
Full Course -- 4 Credits
Fall Semester FYSP 129-01 TR 11:00-12:15
This course focuses on African writing, examining a non-western body of work from a non-western perspective. A major theme is the challenges facing youth in colonial and postcolonial Africa: the struggle to balance tradition and change; the quest for education; the development of political awareness. Several books offer an African approach to what in the west is called a ‘Bildungsroman,’ or novel of youth’s coming of age. Texts include Laye’s The Dark Child, Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions, and Okri's Flowers and Shadows.