Teaching African Literature Today

by Emenyonu, Ernest N.

• ISBN13: 9781847015112
• ISBN10: 1847015115
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-20
• Publisher: James Currey Ltd

Summary

Focuses on theoretical and pedagogical approaches to the teaching of African Literature on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond. The publication of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart in 1958 drew universal attention not only to contemporary African creative imagination, but also established the art of the modern African novel. In 1986, Wole Soyinka became the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, and opened the 'gate' for other African writers. By the close of the 20th century, African Literature had gained world-wide acceptance and legitimacy in the academy and featured on the literature curriculum of schools and colleges across the globe. This special issue of African Literature Today, examines the diverse experiences of teachers of African Literature across regional, racial, cultural and national boundaries. It explores such issues as student responses, productive pedagogical innovations, the impact of modern technology, case studies of online teaching, teaching Criticism of African Literature, and teaching African Literature in an age of multiculturalism. It is intended as an invaluable teacher's handbook and essential student companion for the effective study of African Literature. Ernest Emenyonu is Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA; the editorial board is composed of scholars from US, UK and African universities Nigeria: HEBN

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	p. xi
Editorial Article
Half a century of teaching African Literature in the Academy	p. xiii
Articles
Teaching Ben Okri's The Famished Road & Syl Cheney-Coker's: The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar	p. 1
What Has Criticism Got To Do With It?: Teaching Theory & Criticism in African Literary Studies	p. 20
Teaching African Literature in an Era of Technology: A Case Study of Coppin State UniversityBlessing	p. 27
Teaching African Literature Online in America: A University of Michigan-Flint Initiative	p. 40
Teaching African Literature in an Age of Multiculturalism	p. 63
Challenges & Prospects of Teaching Oral Literature in Africa: A Teacher's Perspective	p. 71
Teaching & Reading Doris Lessing's 'The Antheap'	p. 80
The Francophone Novel of Africa & the Caribbean: A Teacher's Perspective	p. 88
Teaching about Africa through Literature, Film & Music	p. 101
Teaching African Oral Literature: A Nigerian Perspective	p. 111
Teaching African Literature without Redaction & Stasis	p. 124
Reviews
Obi Nwakanma: Christopher Okigbo, 1930-67: Thirsting for Sunlight	p. 134
Roger Field: Alex la Guma: A literary & Political Biography	p. 141
Ewald Mengel, Michela Borzaga & Karin Orantes (eds): Trauma, Memory & Narrative in South Africa: Interviews	p. 143
Malika Ndlovu: Invisible Earthquake: A woman's journal through stillbirth & Fiona Zerbst: Oleander	p. 146
Helen Moffett: Strange Fruit	p. 150
John Conteh-Morgan & Irene Assiba d'Almeida: The Original Explosion That Created Worlds: Essays on Werewere Liking's Art & Writings	p. 152
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