African Novel Course
Deepen your expertise in the African novel as you practise close reading, compare key texts, and engage major critics. Ideal for Humanities professionals seeking sharper analysis, stronger arguments, and richer cultural insight into African literature. This course builds confidence in analysing fiction through practical tools, scholarship, and thematic exploration spanning migration, gender, colonialism, tradition, and modernity.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The African Novel Course provides practical tools to analyse major African fiction confidently. You will practise close reading of dialogue, imagery, and narrative voice, learn to locate and use key scholarship, and design focused comparative projects. It also introduces core theories, historical contexts, and thematic lenses like migration, gender, colonialism, and the tension between tradition and modernity.
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Develop skills
- Close reading of African novels: analyse voice, orality, imagery, and metaphor.
- Use literary criticism effectively: locate, assess, and integrate key arguments.
- Design comparative projects: frame guiding questions and organise cross-novel analysis.
- Apply thematic lenses: study migration, gender, colonialism, and modernity in fiction.
- Contextualise texts: link novels to African histories, movements, and critical debates.
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