REL480.001
Fiction of the African/Americas

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

Office: 205 Manly Hall
Office Phone: 348-8685
Course: M 3:00-5:30
Location: 210 Manly Hall

About Online Readings

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Description

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

Syllabus

Fall Syllabus 2008 (PDF)

Books (required)

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

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

Saliah, Tayeb
Season of Migration to the North
Penguin Books (1/2003)
ISBN: 0141187204

Danticat, Edwidge
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Vintage (5/98)
ISBN: 037570504X

Conde, Maryse
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
Ballantine Books: Reprint ed 1/94
ISBN: 0345384202

Mernissi, Fatema
Scheherazade Goes West (hardcover)
Washington Square Press, 5/01
ISBN: 0743412427

Morrison, Toni
Paradise
Random House Balue Pub, 8/99
ISBN: 0609000055

Online Readings