Module 8 & 9 Flashcards
African literature in contemporary age
- preoccupation with the recovery of the African identity after years
colonial of slavery - lamentations on violence
- cry for recovery
Twenty-first-century African literature is influenced by?
the region’s
history, its identity and culture.
African literature, like other global literatures, originated from oral
traditions, including?
myths, epics, funeral dirges, praise poems, and
proverbs.
Mwindo epic from?
Congo
Sundiata from?
Malinka
Some tribes had an existing writing system, like?
Ethiopia
Ethiopian literature primarily focuses on?
WHAT THEME?
theological themes
TRUE OR FALSE
African literature is NOT influenced by the introduction of Christianity and
Islam, which altered indigenous traditional beliefs.
FALSE
African literature IS INFLUENCED by the introduction of Christianity and Islam, which altered indigenous traditional beliefs.
TRUE OR FALSE
The Harlem Renaissance, from 1918-1937, was a significant period in
African literature.
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE
Negritude began as a history movement in France in response to their objections to French colonial rule and the concerted effort to integrate them in to French society.
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE
Negritude does not use literature as change of negative connotation to blackness
FALSE
Negritude USE literature as change of negative connotation to blackness
Who wrote Lost Poems?
Wole Soyinka
He’s a Nigerian playwright, poet, and essayist, was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first sub-Saharan African to receive this prestigious
honor.
Wole Soyinka
TRUE OR FALSE
Lost Poems were written as his revenge against all the poems or ideas he had forgotten.
TRUE
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote….?
Checking Out
It narrates the harrowing
experience of a Nigerian with a false identity who overstays in London.
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a Nigerian who left his
country to fulfil his dream of living in a different country.
Obinze
Obinze‘s fake future wife
Cleotilde
the man who lends his
identity to Obinze in exchange for 40 % of Obinze’s income.
Vincent
organizers of the
meeting and the wedding with Cleotilde
The Angolans
Obinze‘s cousin who lives
in London
Nicholas
Obinze‘s friend
Iloba
Obinze‘s co-worker
Nigel
Obinze‘s boss
Roy Snell
From what story showed us the struggles of the illegal immigrants, how people, fellow African or not, try to take advantage
of them?
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American and Canadian
Literature in the Contemporary Age
- deals with social issues (gender,
freedom, human rights,
(in)tolerance) - chic literature, speculative fictionand Young Adult literature are popular
- literatures mediated by the internet: fanfiction, and wattpad
- Popularity of TV series
(employing techniques from literature)
Latin American literature in the contemporary age
- politics and the individual
- experimentations in form and content
- Popularization of the testimonio
an online community for writers and readers, was created by Canadian developers Allen Laue and Ivan Yuen in 2006.
Wattpad
TRUE OR FALSE
Walker’s essay on censorship and freedom of speech emphasizes the
importance of acknowledging oppression. Meanwhile, Canadian fictionist
Margaret Atwood’s poem “The Door” addresses themes of age and
mortality through an oblique narrative, presenting the seasons of life every time the door opens and closes.
TRUE
the Poet Laureate of
California. he served
the nation as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. His new book, 99 Poems: New &
Selected, has just been published by Graywolf Press.
Dana Gioia
Who wrote PRAYER?
Dana Gioia
The poem, a blend of grief, rage, and reconciliation, is considered the
finest religious poem of our era, incorporating Christian prayer
rhythms and subtle changes within a
litany.
WHAT POEM?
Prayer
The book chronicles
the author’s childhood, adulthood, and marriage in the Islamic Republic
of Iran post-Islamic Revolution.
What book?
Persepolis
author of Persepolis, provides a brief history
of Iran, a wealthy country founded in the seventh century BCE.
Who’s the author?
Marjane Satrapi,
Marji’s mother wants her daughter to not fight against this perception of women as having less value than men.
TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
North America has two literary powerhouses - the United States of America and Canada, which dominate a good chunk of the world of the pen.
TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Pan-Africanism is a transitional movement to secure equal rights, self goverment, indepence, & unity for people in Africa & the African Diaspora
TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Gioia’s poetry is most essential when he is unhappiest.
TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Negritude is part of Pan - Africanism, a consciousness and promotion of black pride, and an awareness and appreciation of the cultural and physical aspects of African heritage.
TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
In the study of 21st Century Literature from the World, it is necessary to demacrate the regions geopolitically.
TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Which among the literary masterpiece has this content:
Echo of the clocktower, footstep in the alleyway, sweep of the wind sifting the leaves.
Prayer
It refers to the studies the effects of colonization on culture.
Post Colonialism
