Week Two (12/1/15) Historiography Extracts from The Cambridge History of South African Literature: David Attwell and Derek Attridge, “Introduction” Ch. 1, Hedley Twidle, Bushmen’s Letters” “The Ch. 3, Mbongiseni Buthelezi, Politics, Performance” “Praise, A selection of poems and performances from oral performances will be provided. Week Three (19/1/15) Settlement/Unsettlement Selection of the poems of Thomas Pringle to be provided Ch. 9 (CHSAL), Matthew Shum, Settlement and Empire” “Writing *Olive Schreiner, The Story of an African Farm Week Four (26/1/15) Imagining nationhood *Solomon T. Plaatje, Mhudi Extracts from Tiyo Soga and others, to be provided Ch. 14 (CHSAL), Bhekizizwe Peterson, Writers and the Historical Novel” “Black Week Five (2/2/15) Modernism *Esk’ia Mphahlele, Down Second Avenue Extracts from poets to be provided Optional reading: Chs. 15, 17 (CHSAL) Week Six (9/2/15) Reading Week. No class. Week Seven (16/2/15) Liberalism *Alan Cry, the Beloved Country Ch. 23 (CHSAL). Peter Blair, liberal tradition in fiction” “The Rita Barnard, Paton, or South Africa and the Globalisation of Suffering” in Van der Vlies, “Oprah’s ed. Print, Text and Book Cultures in South Africa
Week Two (12/1/15) Historiography Extracts from The Cambridge History of South African Literature: David Attwell and Derek Attridge, “Introduction” Ch. 1, Hedley Twidle, “The Bushmen’s Letters” Ch. 3, Mbongiseni Buthelezi, “Praise, Politics, Performance” A selection of poems and performances from oral performances will be provided. Week Three (19/1/15) Settlement/Unsettlement Selection of the poems of Thomas Pringle to be provided Ch. 9 (CHSAL), Matthew Shum, “Writing Settlement and Empire” *Olive Schreiner, The Story of an African Farm Week Four (26/1/15) Imagining nationhood *Solomon T. Plaatje, Mhudi Extracts from Tiyo Soga and others, to be provided Ch. 14 (CHSAL), Bhekizizwe Peterson, “Black Writers and the Historical Novel” Week Five (2/2/15) Modernism *Esk’ia Mphahlele, Down Second Avenue Extracts from poets to be provided Optional reading: Chs. 15, 17 (CHSAL) Week Six (9/2/15) Reading Week. No class. Week Seven (16/2/15) Liberalism *Alan Cry, the Beloved Country Ch. 23 (CHSAL). Peter Blair, “The liberal tradition in fiction” Rita Barnard, “Oprah’s Paton, or South Africa and the Globalisation of Suffering” in Van der Vlies, ed. Print, Text and Book Cultures in South Africa
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