Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

LIT 403 — African-American and Caribbean Literature

LIT department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

At the end of the course students should be able to
identify works of major diaspora writers in America and the Caribbean like Wallcot, Morrison, Hughes
analyse the thematic and aesthetic preoccupations of their works
determine the influences of home countries on Diaspora literature
draw examples of diasporan authours response to history and politics

Course contents

A comprehensive survey of literature of black diaspora in north America, English speaking countries of politics and form in the literature; basic similarities and differences in the works from each sub-region; literary responses to the history, socioeconomic and political movements in the last three centuries; recent trends in Afro…

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study LIT 403.

LIT 403 — African-American and Caribbean Literature

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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