| Title: | Magical Realism in African Lit |
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| Course Section Number: | FRE-377-01 |
| Department: | French |
| Description: | FRE-377 = BLS-300-02 = ENG-360: Magical Realism in African Literature. This course will explore the writings of Ben Okri, Syl Cheney-Coker, Kojo Laing and Sony Labou Tansi. To these writers, the intense and rapid movement of individuals and goods experienced in Africa with globalization has challenged consciousness on the continent. While appreciative of the increased connectivity created by globalization, they also see it as a cause of disquieting excesses in modern Africa, and utilize magical realism to account for this social and cultural phenomenon. We will then be working with complex narratives that vacillate between the real and surreal, the normal and the abnormal, the ordinary and the extraordinary, the global and the local, the new and the old. Some of our main objectives will be to identify if Okri, Cheney-Coker, Laing and Tansi's works vary from the magical writings found in Latin America, if they translate the change unfolding in contemporary Africa well, and if there are precedents in African literature that might have inspired their writings. Class is open to all, and will meet on TTR from 1:10 to 2:25. Students taking it for a French credit will read, discuss and write about the texts in French. For students seeking French credit, FRE-301 and FRE-302 are prerequisites. Please contact Prof. Pouille (pouillea@wabash.edu) for any question (s). |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 14, 2019 |
| End Date: | May 4, 2019 |
| Meeting Information: |
01/15/2019-05/02/2019 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 01:10PM - 02:25PM, Detchon, Room 226
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| Faculty: | Pouille, Adrien |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 15 |
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 5 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
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