| Course Title: Topics in English: 'South African Literature: Postapartheid and Beyond' |
| Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2025 |
| Description: This course is a survey of postapartheid South African literature. In the aftermath of apartheid post-1994, South African literature has wrestled with ideas about what kind of future is livable and possible. Labeling itself as the "Rainbow Nation," South African politicians, activists, and artists (literary, visual, musical) have sought to create a democratic vision of South Africa that celebrates differences of race, culture, gender, and sexual orientation. Using 1994 as our moment of departure, this course will examine the "future" of South Africa as told through postapartheid South African fiction. Acknowledging that there are many ways to imagine the future, this course examines how portrayals of race, of gender and sexuality, and of the nation serve to construct and disrupt ideas about the future. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Jude Hayward-Jansen | jhayward@mtholyoke.edu | |
| Iyko Day | 413-538-3222 | iday@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025 | Seminar | Monday and Wednesday | 03:15PM - 04:30PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 225 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| CRPE0001 | CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor. |
| CRPE0002 | CRPE-2: Africana Studies - Major Pathway/Minor | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Africana Studies major pathway and the CRPE Africana Studies minor. |
| ENGL0002 | ENGL-RP: Race, Power, and Difference | This course has been approved to count towards the English major's Race, Power, and Difference Disciplinary Perspectives requirement. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 12 | Available: 6 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Ways of Dying Author: Mda, Zakes Copyright: 2002 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0312420919 Publisher: Picador |
Required | 20.00 |
| Title: Welcome to Our Hillbrow Author: Mpe, Phaswane Copyright: 2011 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Ohio University Press |
Required | 18.95 |
| Title: Disgrace Author: Coetzee, J.M. Copyright: 1999 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Penguin |
Required | 17.00 |
| Title: Zoo City Author: Beukes, Lauren Copyright: 2016 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0316267929 Publisher: Mulholland Books |
Required | 24.99 |
| Title: Mother to Mother Author: Magona, Sindiwe Copyright: 1998 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780807007129 Publisher: Beacon Press |
Required | 16.36 |
| Title: After Tears Author: Mhlongo, Niq Copyright: 2011 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0821419846 Publisher: Ohio University Press |
Required | 21.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Many of these books have been made available electronically via LITS. |