ࡱ> q` bbjbjqPqP .::sZ (((8*))T<*4*J*J*J*%+%+%+h<j<j<j<j<j<j<$=h@<1%+%+11<J*J*<X9X9X91TJ*J*h<X91h<X9X9X9J** ieV](b5X9h<<0<X9@~8v@X9X9@l9%+-XX9_.s/%+%+%+<<8d%+%+%+<1111!n&n& Contemporary African Literature Syllabus by Dr. Oguine Spring 2007 Class Meetings: T & TH: 10:00-11:15AM in Room JH 212 Office Hours: T & TH: 9:00-9:45AM Office: Arts and Sciences Hall Room 214 E-mail:  HYPERLINK "mailto:oguinepr@shu.edu" oguinepr@shu.edu Website: pirate.shu.edu/~oguinepr Course Objectives: Contemporary African Literature will help students to develop a greater appreciation of cultural, thematic, and aesthetic representations in African Literature, starting from a quick revision of the classic, but concentrating mostly on the contemporary texts from different countries. Students will also improve their critical thinking skills by engaging in concrete observations, interpreting facts and fiction, evaluating details, and using meaningful connections in comparative and contrasting analysis of the texts. There will be a quick survey of popular critical approaches such as formalist, deconstructionist, archetypal, historical, biographical, psychoanalytical, and feminist criticisms to identify Euro-American influences on Contemporary African Literature. One of the main objectives of this course, therefore, is to equip students who have a flair for literature with skills to enable them make accurate judgments of both style and meaning in three genres of African literature fiction, drama, and poetry. In addition, this course will guide students in exploring various artistic devices in character development such as shifting points of view, sarcastic humor, irony, and stream of consciousness; and in plot development such as suspense, foreshadowing, symbolism, and extended metaphor all characteristics of contemporary African literary texts. Finally, this course will also provide students exciting and challenging learning experiences they can easily apply to their own speech and creative writing, even after graduating from the university. Required Texts: Fiction West Africa: Nigeria Chinua Achebe : Anthills of the Savannah (1987) portrays modern, independent, post-colonial, urban Africa. It presents the general social, political, and personal struggles among Africans, and shows the continuing British and Western economic and cultural influences. As an introduction to the course, a brief summary of Achebes Things Fall Apart provides, among other features, the historical and cultural basis for studying African literature. In addition to illustrating the traditional collective will to die rather than be subjected to humiliation and dehumanization, it confirms Achebes claim that English language can be tamed to accommodate African world view and the nuances of various African languages. Okonkwo, the protagonists suicide marks the defeat and colonization of the natives, and the beginning of the struggles for independence in his subsequent novels. Anthills of the Savannah is, therefore, the climax of mismanagement of government affairs by the same African leaders that have replaced the colonial masters, social and economic corruptions among the army officers and the civilian leaders, and a total collapse of the entire system, leaving a woman, Beatrice, to pick up the pieces of all the things that have fallen apart. Ghana Yaw O. Agyeman: A Big Elephant Has been Killed (2003) presents stories of ordinary friendships, love affairs, and sexual relationships with the setting in Ghana, and discussions on poverty, underdevelopment, religious identity, social revolution, and Africas relationship with the West. Focus: Students will focus on cultural and historical changes between Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah, the gender characterizations in the two texts with the powerful male figure, Okonkwo, in Things Fall Apart, the dynamic female figure, Beatrice, in Anthills of the Savannah, and the transliterations of Igbo expressions and proverbs into English language. Students will be encouraged to discover other elements of fiction, and the differences and similarities between Achebes Anthills of the Savannah and Agyemans A Big Elephant Has Been Killed in terms of setting, language and theme. Fiction East Africa: Kenya Koigi wa Wamwere: I Refuse to Die; my Journey for Freedom (2003) is an uncensored account of Kenyas blood-stained past, and how one man withstood the horrors of colonialism and the corruption of the post independence Kenyan leaders. Following the publication of this autobiography in October, 2002, wa Wamwere won the reelection to the Kenyan Parliament, and returned to his homeland, after previously spending thirteen years in prison. Focus: As an introduction, students should focus on a brief commentary on Ngugis Devil on the Cross first written in his native language, Gikuyu, and translated into English by the author, who claims that writing in English is a sign of intellectual colonization; but when he sees the limited audience, he translates it into a language that has a wider audience. Students can explore the differences between Achebes and Nguigis choices of languages. The cultural, social, and political similarities and differences between West and East Africa, represented in their novels, will form interesting and engaging background for the study of wa Wamweres autobiography. His strong determination not to stop at exposing the corruption, but to be a part of the government in a position to help clean it up is highly a mark of an African hero. Students can begin to relate these experiences to real life situations in America. Fiction - Southern African: Zimbabwe Yvonne Vera: The Stone Virgins (2002) portrays the sister and the aunt as the women who have the power to give a voice to the next generation, at the background of the reign of terror in Matabeleland. Focus: Students should focus on Veras symbolism and descriptions which evoke the experience of intense and delicate sensations, and the juxtaposition of balance and natural beauty, violence and peace, suffering and endurance, sadness and joy, real and unreal, and life and death. What type of feminism is Vera advocating in The Stone Virgins? Short Stories: West Africa: Senegal - Mariama Ba: So Long a Letter (1980) translated from French: In letting one woman eloquently tell the anguish of her heartbreak in a Muslim society, Ba suggests that all women have important stories to tell so that their plight should be given a voice. North Africa: Egypt Ashley Markar: Egyptian Poetry and Stories (2003) depicts a Christian womans voice in predominantly Arab society in contrast to Bas voice, especially in family members relationships and the funeral rituals in Minas Funeral (2001). Focus: Students will focus on sharp contrasts and similarities between Bas manipulation of gender roles in the context of muslim society as a victim, a religious feminist, by showing sympathy and forgiveness to her adversaries; and Markers portrayal of sarcastic humorous, complementary gender roles, and reverence to religion. Both of them have references to American influences in their characterization and in resolving conflicts. Students will be encouraged to explore psychoanalytical traces in Bas story that are indicators of her real life problems that must have led to her suicide. They should examine some nuances of French language in Bas story, and intrusions of Arabic language in Markars stories. Drama: South Africa Fugard et al :Sizwe Bansi Is Dead is a social parody on Ford Motor Company in South Africa about the racial tensions between the masters and the boys. Focus: Students should engage in the controversies over what qualifies as African literature must it be written by an African, must it deal with African experience, and must the writer speak one or more African languages? South African experience is partly the opposite of American situation and partly similar to it. Let students examine these similarities and differences. North Africa Algeria Kateb Yacine: Intelligence Powder explores the connections between Algerian traditional plays, hence the use of choruses, and written plays for intellectual analysis. Kateb and Ngugi are advocates of writing for masses and engaging the audience in their own African languages as a sign of patriotism; and a protest against the language and theatrical conventions of the colonial masters. Poetry Selected Poems from Different parts of Africa: To be complied and posted on BB Course Documents . Focus: Students will focus on Soyinka as a prolific writer, a playwright, a novelist, and a poet through biographical approach to literary criticism. Because Soyinka and Achebe develop their creative artistry from traditional oral literature of two different Nigerian languages Yoruba and Igbo they believe literature must be didactic, and not Art for arts sake. Students should appreciate the sarcastic humor, the intense dramatic and emotional effects, and the realistic portrayal of real life situations in the above plays as warnings to African corrupt and oppressive leaders the type of leaders in Achebes Anthills of the Savannah, wa Wamweres I Refuse to Die: My Journey to Freedom, and Veras The Stone Virgins. Focus: Students will focus on the universality of thematic concerns and poetic techniques in diction and free verse in Soyinkas Death in the Dawn, & Hamlet (Nigeria), Ouologuem Yambos When Black Mens Teeth Speak Out (Mali), Sipho Sepamlas To Whom It May Concern (South Africa), Leopold Senghors The Black Woman, & I Am Alone (Senegal), Breyton Breytenbacks The Black City (South Africa), Bernard Binlin Dadies I Give You Thanks My God (Ivory Coast), Kofi Awoonors Night of My Blood (Ghana), and Jeremy Cronins A Person Is a Person Because of Other People (South Africa). Do the poems portray similar or different issues from those of the plays, novels, and short stories? What defines them as African poems? Policies: Excused absences are only those documented and excused by either the Athletic Department or the Dean for Community Development, Dawn Williams. Doctors notes and so forth are not proof of an excused absence. If you have a significant medical or family problem that you suspect will occasion more than four absences, speak with your mentor and/or someone in Dean Williams office (x9076) to obtain assistance and excuses for these classes. I do not have the authority to excuse you. Only these two offices have that power. Not attending peer review days (see below), even if you send a hard copy of your paper in your absence, means not completing part of the paper assignment. In short, attendance on these days carries a double impact on your grade. Lateness will be acknowledged and factored into your final grade two times will amount to one absence which will affect your attendance grade. Therefore attendance will be taken within the first five minutes of the start of class. Anyone coming after it will sign a late attendance sheet. I will take lateness as a sign that you are not committed to this course or to the community that this class represents. If you are late on the day a paper either draft or final copy is due, your paper will be counted as late, as well. Your work should be printed out the night before it is due. Cellphones must be turned off prior to the start of class. Each time your phone goes off in class will negatively affect your Attendance and Participation grade. Attendance with Participation is also crucial to course success. FOUR unexcused absences may result in failure according to English Departments policy. Participation means contributing to discussion, whether on the electronic discussion boards, in class, or in small groups during class. The essence of participation is preparedness and courage. Do the work due on the date and offer us your ideas, and you will go far in your evolution as a critical reader, writer, and thinker. Not to participate is to miss a substantial aspect of this course, to forgo a significant opportunity to improve your skills at the same time that your classmates are seizing that opportunity. You are not alone in having questions, opposing viewpoints, observations, or objections raised by the reading and by discussion, so we want to share your views. Safe Space: Our classroom is a safe space, which means that everyone is obliged to listen and respond respectfully to everyone in the class. You do not have to agree with everything you hear, but we are all expected to direct disagreement as well as agreement to the ideas and not the person addressing them. That applies to comments written on papers as well as spoken in class. Blackboard: We will be using our blackboard site extensively throughout the semester. Course syllabus, all course assignments, sample essays, and sample power point presentations will be listed under Assignments. We will be using the Discussion Boards for discussions both in and out of class; and presentation in electronic discussion counts towards your Attendance with Participation grade. Writing assignments will also emphasize sound principles of English. To this end, students will be taught how to use the steps of the writing processprewriting, thesis-based outlining, drafting, peer-reviewing and revising to develop their ideas. To prepare students for college-level interpretation and literary criticism, they are required to use their reading texts as the basis for their literature assignments. All written assignments are to be composed on the computer using 12-pt. font, justified on the left using standard margins (at top, bottom, and left and right sides), and double-spaced. Your name, my name, the course number, the type of paper, and the date that it is due should appear double-spaced in the upper left-hand corner of the first page. All assignments must have a title of your own creation based on the operative words in each essay question, and MLA pagination with your last name and the page number at the top of the right-hand corner of each page. I will not accept any multiple-page assignment that is not stapled. Mechanical errors weaken the effectiveness of your argument and therefore lower your grade, so proofread carefully. I will not accept electronic forms of your written work unless it is a BB Discussion Board, or a Digital Drop Box assignment. Hard copy only, so I can write enough comments to enable you improve on your rewrites. Late Assignments and Presentations: Late assignments will be penalized by one grade. A late paper can therefore drop from a B to a C. Papers that are not handed in because of an excused absence (see Attendance with Participation) may be handed in at the start of the next calendar day without penalty. If you are going to be absent, excused or otherwise, you can still get credit for the work due by sending it through a classmate to the class for which it is due. Plagiarism: English Department Plagiarism Policy document will be distributed and explained to students on the first day of class. Evaluation Criteria: Strong emphasis will be on originality and creativity with credible interpretations and connections between style and meaning. Credit will also be given to students who can apply the elements of stylistics studied in this course to their own writing and oral presentations. Incorporating how historical encounters between Europe and Africa have affected African contemporary literature in students arguments will be highly rewarded, because it is a central factor in defining African literature. Grade Percentages: Fiction paper 30% Drama paper 15% Poetry paper 10% Research project 25% Presentation & Attendance 20% Weekly Schedule Week 1: Tuesday Jan. 9: Introduction of course, syllabus, and required texts. Homework: Study the handouts on Map of Africa, African cosmology and African world view posted on Blackboard Course Documents for next class discussions. Thursday Jan. 11: Class discussions on the homework topics. Homework: Study the handouts on Critical Approaches to Literary Criticisms, a brief summary of Chinua Achebes Things Fall Apart, and the language debate. Week 2: Tuesday Jan. 16: Lecture followed by discussions of homework topics, relating them to introduction of Chinua Achebes Anthills of the Savannah. Homework: Read chapters 1-6 of Anthills of the Savannah and complete the BB brief summaries with major points left out of the summaries. Thursday Jan. 18: Individual presentation of the major points, defending the choices and relating them to African world view, historical experiences, and literary approaches to the study of African Contemporary Literature. Homework: Read chapters 7-12 of Anthills of the Savannah and complete the BB brief summaries with what you consider as major issues that have been left out. Week 3: Tuesday Jan. 23: Group presentations of homework topics, focusing on characterization, colonization, and corruptions. Homework: Study the remaining chapters 13-18 of Anthills of the Savannah and complete the BB brief summaries with any major issues left out. Thursday Jan. 25: Lecture on overview of Anthills of the Savannah, relating it to African cosmology, world view, contemporary universal issues, Western, influences on the novel, and elements of fiction. Refer to BB handout. Homework: Study Yaw O. Agyemans A Big Elephant Has Been Killed, focusing on social issues, underdevelopment, religious issues and Africas relationship with the West with the setting in Ghana. Week 4: Tuesday Jan. 30: Lecture on homework study topics. Homework: Complete the reading of Agyemans novel. Thursday Feb. 1: Individual presentation on elements of fiction, and similarities and differences between Achebess Anthills of the Savannah and Agyemans A Big Elephant Has Been Killed in terms of setting, language and theme. Homework: Read the individually assigned chapters of Koigi wa Wamweres I Refuse to Die. Week 5: Tuesday Feb. 6: Graded individual presentation of chapters of I Refuse to Die assigned as homework, focusing on biographical and psychoanalytical approaches to literary criticism. Thursday Feb. 8: Group work: Students should examine similarities and differences between Agyemans and Koigis novels and relate them to contemporary issues in America. Homework: Continue to read chapters of Koigi wa Wamweres I Refuse to Die. Week 6: Tuesday Feb. 13: Lecture on Wamweres novel with a brief summary of Ngugi wa Thiongos views on writing in native language instead of English. Homework: Complete the reading of Wamweres novel. Thursday Feb. 15: Class video show on the setting of African Fiction texts. Homework: Explore African Feminism in Yvonne Veras The Stone Virgins, Mariama Bas, So Long a Letter, and Ashley Markars Minas Funeral. Week 7: Tuesday Feb. 20: Lecture on homework topics, connecting them to African Fiction essay topic one, focusing on MLA thesis-based documentation style. Homework: Choose ONE of the TWO fiction essay topics and draft a thesis- based MLA essay of 6-8 pages. Post your draft on BB Digital Dropbox before 6:00PM on Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. Thursday: Feb. 22: Further discussion on fiction essay, both in class and as homework. Week 8: Tuesday Feb. 27: Peer review for students unable to post their drafts in Digital Dropbox. Homework: Revise the returned Digital Dropbox draft into a final fiction essay. Thursday Mar. 1: Fiction Essay with its draft due in class. Class video show of the setting of African Drama. Homework: Spring Recess Assignment - Complete the reading of Fugard et als Sizwe Bansi Is Dead and Katebs Intelligence Powder from Modern African Drama. March 5-10 Monday-Friday: Spring Recess No Classes. Week 9: Tuesday Mar. 13: Class video show of the play, Sizwe Bansi Is Dead. Drama essay topic. Homework: Start drafting the drama essay, comparing and contrasting the two plays, focusing on the cultural, linguistic, and dramatic elements in them. Which play is more effective and relevant to you? Thursday Mar. 15: Group work on drama essay draft. Homework: Post your drama essay draft of 6-8 pages in Digital Dropbox before Saturday, March 17, 12: noon. Week 10: Tuesday Mar. 20: Peer review for students unable to post their drafts in Digital Dropbox. Homework: Revise the returned Digital Dropbox drama draft into a final copy. Thursday Mar. 22: Drama Essay with its draft due in class. Introduction of African poetry as a product of oral literature in form and functions. Discussions on elements of poetry and poetic techniques with examples from selected poems posted on BB. Homework: Study the poems and select any three that appeal to you most for class presentation next class. Focus on poetry discussions on universality of thematic concerns, poetic techniques in diction, and figures of speech. More poetry readings and drafting of poetry essay. Week 11: Tuesday Mar. 27: In-class graded poetry essay presentation. Homework: BB Discussion forum for posting and peer review of poetry essay introduction, using the rubric posted on discussion forum. Complete the poetry essay. Thursday Mar. 29: Poetry Essay, 6-8 pages, with its BB peer review due in class. Week 12: Tuesday April 3: Discussion on research project and methodology. Students select their research topics from the class list of topics. Homework: Students start to collect documents and data for research. April 5-7: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, University closed. Week 13: Tuesday April 10 & Thursday April 12: In-class graded presentation of research draft so far. Homework: Research draft in progress. Week 14: Tuesday April 17: Peer review of completed research draft, 8-10 pages, hard copy in class. Homework: Revise the research draft into a final research paper. Thursday April 20: Final Research Paper with its peer review due in class. Week 15: Tuesday April 24: All rewrites of previous essays for higher grades due in class (optional). Discussions on returned research paper. Thursday April 26: Returned rewrites and conferencing. The last day of classes.     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