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Syllabus 2016-17 - 76313012 - African Narratives (African narratives)

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DEGREE: Máster Univ. en Online en English Studies (OMIES) / Estudios ingleses
FACULTY: Centro de Estudios de Postgrado
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2016-17
COURSE: African Narratives
SYLLABUS
1. COURSE BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: African Narratives
CODE: 76313012 ACADEMIC YEAR: 2016-17
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 3
ECTS CREDITS: 3.0 YEAR: 1 SEMESTER: SC
2. LECTURER BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: GARCÍA RAMÍREZ, PAOLA
DEPARTMENT: U115 - FILOLOGÍA INGLESA
FIELD OF STUDY: 345 - FILOLOGÍA INGLESA
OFFICE NO.: D2 - 227 E-MAIL: pagarcia@ujaen.es P: 953212217
WEBSITE: www.ujaen.es
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4753-2982
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 3
3. CONTENT DESCRIPTION

1.- Critical Theory and African Narratives

                1.1. A Postcolonial reading list

                1.2. What is a diaspora?

                1.3. African Literary Constructs

                1.4. Theories of the African Diaspora

 2.- West African Narratives: From Senegal to Nigeria

2.1. Oral and Written Traditions

2.2. A brief literary history from independence

2.3. Some particular examples

3.-  African Narratives of Slavery. New African Narratives of Slavery

3.1. Slavery: Some Facts

3.2. The classic slave narratives

3.3. Neo-slave narratives

4.- Film and Reception

4.1. Nigerian Cinema Industry: Nollywood

4.2. Slave narratives on screen.

4.3. Slavery in Canada: Angélique (1999), dir. Michael Jarvis

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING METHODOLOGY

Working with a methodology based on online teaching, activities will be centered in the close study of texts and material from the online course with ICTS resources, close reading of texts and discussions. 

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

5. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY

Working with an online specific learning, activities will be centered in the study and close reading from the resources of the course. Students will read the assigned texts and will participate in the discussions and in the task-based exercises. 

6. BOOKLIST
MAIN BOOKLIST:
  • The empire writes back: theory and practice in post-colonial literatures. Edition: 2nd ed., repr. Author: Ashcroft, Bill. Publisher: London ; New York: Routledge, 2005  (Library)
  • Africa writes back : the African writers series & the launch of African literature . Edition: -. Author: Currey, James. Publisher: Oxford... [etc] : James Currey...[etc], 2008  (Library)
  • Witnessing slavery: the development of ante-bellum slave narratives. Edition: -. Author: Foster, Frances Smith. Publisher: Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, cop. 1979  (Library)
ADDITIONAL BOOKLIST:
  • Introducción al estudio de la literatura africana en lengua inglesa. Edition: -. Author: García Ramírez, Paula. Publisher: [Jaén]: Universidad de Jaén, D.L. 2000  (Library)
  • Exilios femeninos. Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: [Huelva]: Universidad de Huelva, 2000  (Library)
  • The slave's narrative. Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990  (Library)
  • A slave's story [Recurso electrónico]. Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: Charlottesville, Va. : University of Virginia Library, 1995  (Library)
  • African identities: race, nation and culture in ethnography, pan-Africanism and black literatures. Edition: -. Author: Kanneh, Kadiatu. Publisher: London ; New York: Routledge, 1998  (Library)
  • Research in African literatures [Recurso electrónico]. Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: : Ed.  (Library)
  • Postcolonial african writers: a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook. Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: Westport: Greenwood Press, 1998  (Library)
  • Contemporary postcolonial theory : a reader. Edition: [1st published]. Author: -. Publisher: London [etc.]: Arnold, 1996  (Library)
  • Les subalternes peuvent-elles parler . Edition: -. Author: Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. Publisher: Paris : Amsterdam, 2009  (Library)
  • Power, politics, and culture: interviews with Edward W. Said. Edition: -. Author: Said, Edward W., 1935-2003. Publisher: London : Bloomsbury 2004  (Library)