Literature of South Africa

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This course provides a historical view of South African literature, focusing on apartheid, its segregationist precedents, and its present-day legacies. Utilizing novels, historical and legal documents, and creative nonfiction, as well as short fiction and film, the course introduces students to the writings of South Africans who represent diverse subject positions and experiences, but who are all united in the common goal of re- examining and working through South Africa's traumatic past.