AFRICAN 402

THEORY OF AFRICAN LITERATURE

3-4 credits.

Approaches to the analysis of African oral narrative performances, heroic poetry, epic, and the genres of written literature: Aesthetic, symbolic, and structural analysis and their interrelationships.

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: AFRICAN 201 , 203 , 231 , FOLKLORE/AFRICAN 210 , or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2020

Sources

Course catalogue ↗2026-2027