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South African Studies
2009 Spring Semester - Course Description
Travel & Translation: Writing Africa
CEA Partner Institution: Stellenbosch University
Location: Stellenbosch, South AfricaPrimary Subject Area: English Language & Literature
Other Subject Area(s): History
Level(s): 300
Instruction in: English
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Description
This elective looks at a selection of twentieth-century African travel writings by Graham Greene, Laurens van der Post, Shiva Naipaul and Paul Theroux. It concerns itself with the ways in which the texts under consideration represent the African imaginary in the contexts of early twentieth-century colonialism (Greene and Van der Post) and late twentieth-century decolonisation (Naipaul and Theroux). Through an examination of the discursive practices employed by these texts in representing Africa, the elective seeks to raise issues around the translation of cultural difference.
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