Anglophone African Fiction

A course exploring themes and authors important in English-language fiction from Africa and examining the critical debates that have enlivened this fiction’s production and interpretation. Authors may include Aboulela, Achebe, Armah, Dangarembga, Ngugi, and Tutuola. Topics may include post-colonial narrative strategies; innovation and cultural hybridity; African cosmopolitanism; and the construction of national, racial, and gender identities, among others.