南山大学

 
指定
期間
春学期
単位
年次
3
担当者
PURCELL William
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副題 Literature and the British Empire
The Empire Writes Back: Chinua Achebe and Colonial Encounter in Africa
講義内容  This seminar is an introduction to colonial and postcolonial studies. Colonial and postcolonial studies is an interdisciplinary field (the underlying rationale of the Eibeigakka program) that includes: history, society, literature and art, culture, political science, gender studies, religion, economics, and many more.
 We will focus on the writings of Chinua Achebe, one of the most prominent contemporary novelists writing in English. He is also among the first generation of African writers to produce literary works that make use of European languages and literary forms. Some have called him the Father of modern African literature. As we read we will be particularly interested in how his representations of Africa differ from those of non-African writers such as Joseph Conrad and Joyce Cary. We will also pay attention to what they reveal about traditional life and culture, contemporary Nigerian society, and the experience and consequences of colonization for African peoples and their cultures in both the colonial state and the postcolonial nation.
学修目標  In Seminar I we will read a selection of short stories by Achebe, leading towards a reading in the second semester of his highly acclaimed novel, Things Fall Apart. As we read we will pay attention to what each reveals about:
   sBritish colonial history and policy in Africa
   sWestern attitudes and misconceptions about Africa and Africans
   straditional African life and culture
   sthe experience and consequences of colonization for African peoples and their cultures.
講義計画 The course will be approached as a series of modules, lasting between one and three weeks each.
 Module 1: Introduction: The Art of Fiction, the Igbo People, the beginnings of the colonial encounter.
 Module 2:“The Madman”
 Module 3:“The Voter”
 Module 4:“Marriage is a Private Affair”
 Module 5:“Akueke”
 Module 6:“Chika’s School Days”
 Module 7:“The Sacrificial Egg”
 Module 8:“Vengeful Creditor”
 Module 9:“Dead Men’s Path”
 Module 10:“Uncle Ben’s Choice”
 Module 11:“Civil Peace”
 Module 12:“Sugar Baby”
 Module 13:“Girls at War”
評価方法 Class attendance and participation, presentations, report. Whether or not there will be a semester examination will be determined later.
テキスト Chinua Achebe, Girls at War and Other Stories.
       Things Fall Apart
その他 This seminar will be conducted in English