INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN LITERATURE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Communication & Literacy Comm QR - Communication B Breadth - Literature Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize works of narrative fiction and poetry from different geographic and historical contexts in Africa. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Relate examples of narrative fiction and poetry to the contexts from which they arise and to which they respond. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Interpret the meanings that are embedded in various examples of narrative fiction and poetry from Africa. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify relevant research sources to augment interpretations of African narrative fiction and poetry. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Compare and explain the meanings of narrative fiction and poetry from Africa in different forms, registers, and modalities (e.g. presentations, discussion posts, essays, etc.). Audience: Undergraduate 6. Apply outcomes from various steps in the writing process toward compiling effective final drafts. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize works of narrative fiction and poetry from different geographic and historical contexts in Africa. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Relate examples of narrative fiction and poetry to the contexts from which they arise and to which they respond. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Interpret the meanings that are embedded in various examples of narrative fiction and poetry from Africa. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify relevant research sources to augment interpretations of African narrative fiction and poetry. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Compare and explain the meanings of narrative fiction and poetry from Africa in different forms, registers, and modalities (e.g. presentations, discussion posts, essays, etc.). Audience: Undergraduate 6. Apply outcomes from various steps in the writing process toward compiling effective final drafts. Audience: Undergraduate