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FR3598: THE AFRICAN NOVEL IN FRENCH: COLONIALISM TO INDEPENDENCE (2024-2025)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:10


Course Overview

This course will introduce students to the literature of Francophone Africa from the colonial period, the struggle for independence from the former colonial power and the aftermath of independence. The main themes will be: literature as historical document; the colonial experience; education and identity; alienation; irony and gender issues.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Shona Potts

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • One of Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4 or Programme Level 5
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course aims to introduce students to the literature of Francophone Africa from the colonial period to independence and its aftermath.  After some general historical and social background, texts by individual authors will be studied, and there will be discussion of the general issues arising out of the texts taken separately, as well as the interrelation between them.  The main themes will be: literature as historical document; the colonial experience; education and identity; alienation; irony and gender issues.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

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Word Count 2500
Learning Outcomes
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Oral Presentation: Individual

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 30
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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

Take Home Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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Essay, 2,500-words.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralUnderstandCommunicate ideas and arguments, in writing and in oral forms, in a clear manner using the conventions of academic presentation.
ProceduralApplyConsolidate their knowledge of the subject by means of independent research and synthesizing material from a range of sources.
ReflectionAnalyseUse a range of critical skills to review and apply their knowledge in order to construct arguments.

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