REL480.001
Religion & the Literature of the African Diaspora

Professor
Dr. Maha Marouan
mmarouan@bama.ua.edu

Fall 2007
Office: 205 Manly Hall
Office Phone: 348-8685
Course: TR 3:30-4:45
Location: 210 Manly Hall

About Online Readings

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Description

This course explores religious expressions in literature of the African Diaspora by examining literary texts from Africa, the Caribbean, Latin American, and the U.S. The course attempts to draw links between these cultures, their shared histories, their beliefs, values and worldviews.

Syllabus

Fall 2007 Syllabus (PDF)

Course Slide Presentation (PDF)

Books (required)

Aidoo, Ama Ata
Dilemma of a Ghost
Longman: New Ed edition (August 26, 1980)
ISBN: 0582785294

Achebe, Chinua
Things Fall Apart
Penguin (January 26, 2006)
ISBN: 0141023384

Salih, Tayeb
Season of Migration to the North
Penguin Books (January 2003)
ISBN: 0141187204

Lamming, George
In the Castle of My Skin
Peter Smith Pub Inc (December 1992)
ISBN: 0844666343

Conde, Maryse
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
Ballantine Books; Reprint ed January 1994
ISBN: 0345384202

Mernissi, Fatema
Scheherazade Goes West (Hardcover)
Washington Square Press May 2001
ISBN: 0743412427

Morrison, Tony
Paradise
Random House Balue Publishing, August 1999
ISBN: 0609000055