2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

FOAH3001 Global African Writing

20 creditsClass Size: 42

Module manager: Dr Brendon Nicholls
Email: b.l.nicholls@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

Module replaces

ENGL32157

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Global African writing has a long established presence. The forms of global African writing bridge canonical and contemporary texts, literary and non-literary genres, historical speculation and imaginative futures. The module invites students to consider a range of African or diaspora writing and critical thought, emphasizing the diversity of Global African histories, experiences and imaginative expressions.

Objectives

To explore global African writing and thought both in canonical and contemporary texts. To examine how global African narratives are told and what ideas or arguments they offer. To learn to engage directly with global African thought and to understand its dynamic relationship to the imagination, global politics and black cultures.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will be able to:
1. Identify key features of Global African writing
2. Understand how global African texts theorise politics and offer new imaginative or narrative strategies
3. Formulate independent contributions to wider critical thought.

Skills Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
4. Conduct independent research, gathering and appropriately referencing information from a range of sources (Academic)
5. Produce independent arguments demonstrating advanced proficiency in critical thinking and writing skills. (Academic / Work-Ready)

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	8	1.00	4.00
Seminar	10	1.00	10.00
Independent online learning hours			4.00
Private study hours			182.00
Total Contact hours			14.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

In class feedback on contributions to seminar discussion;
In-class feedback on a 5 minute unassessed, formative, seminar presentation
Feedback on the first assessed essay will be formative for the second assessed essay. Students will be offered the opportunity to consult the tutor about their ideas for their essay in consultation hours.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	1750 word essay, of which 150 is an introductory abstract	50.00
Essay	1750 word essay, of which 150 is an introductory abstract	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 16/05/2024

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