| Course ID: | CMLT 4230/6230. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | African Cinema |
Course
Description: | Introduction to African cinema as a prolongation of both oral and
written African literature. An analysis of selected films shall
reveal the usage of the African "aesthetics of narration," which
shall lead to a better understanding of the discourse of African
literatures written in European languages. Special emphasis will
be placed on the relevance of the texts under discussion to the
contemporary world. |
| Oasis Title: | African Cinema |
| Prerequisite: | ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102M or ENGL 1050H or ENGL 1060H |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
|
| Course Objectives: | The main goal is to provide students with knowledge and
techniques of evaluating African cinema from an intercultural
perspective. Special emphasis will be placed on the relevance of
works under discussion to the contemporary world. This
includes how to perceive and conceive of the notion of
literature as a dynamic one. Furthermore, the course will help
students (without field knowledge of Africa) acquire an
informed view of the continent's peoples, cultures, and
environment. |
| Topical Outline: | a. Introduction to the history of film in Africa;
b. Relevance of film as "ersatz" of oral literature in urban
areas;
c. Relationship between oral, written literature, and film
(Aesthetics of narration);
d. Heuristic values of the concepts "Tradition" and "Modernity"
underlying, or ascribed to, many African fictional works;
e. Sociolinguistic dimension of African literature and film. |
| Honor Code Reference: | Students are required to abide by the University of Georgia academic honesty policy. |