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The course ALI 103: Introduction to East African Literature at Maseno University introduces first-year students to the literature of the Eastern African region, exploring its historical, social, cultural, and political contexts. It covers various forms of literature, including oral literature, poetry, drama, and prose fiction, while emphasizing a regional perspective rather than a country-specific approach. By the end of the course, students are expected to demonstrate critical insight and appreciation of East African literature and understand the factors shaping it.

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The course ALI 103: Introduction to East African Literature at Maseno University introduces first-year students to the literature of the Eastern African region, exploring its historical, social, cultural, and political contexts. It covers various forms of literature, including oral literature, poetry, drama, and prose fiction, while emphasizing a regional perspective rather than a country-specific approach. By the end of the course, students are expected to demonstrate critical insight and appreciation of East African literature and understand the factors shaping it.

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MASENO UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF ARTS ASOCIAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF LITERARY STUDIES

COURSE CODE AND TITLE: ALI 103 : INTRODUCTION TO EAST AFRICAN LITERATURE

1ST YEAR 1ST SEMESTER

LECTURER: ADALO S. MOGA

LECTURER CONTACTS: E-mail adalomoga13@gmail.com Cell phone: +254725948956

DESCRIPTION

The course introduces 1st Year students to the regional literature of the Eastern African region. The
literature of the region is analyzed as an artistic expression of a people’s historical, social, cultural,
political and individual experiences. This course builds up, also, on the basic concepts of literature that
the learners have already had in High School, but with special regard to a regional phenomenon.

Tracing the literature of the region, the course starts from the early origins of oral literature through the
settler writing experiences, colonial and post-colonial experiences to the contemporary times. Largely,
the course content considers the initial East African countries; however, site will not be lost of the newly
incorporated states of Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan. Rather than take a country for country plot,
the course adopts a generic development, using examples drawn from the entire region. Thus, the
course considers the following: oral literature, poetry, drama and prose fiction that obtains from
different literary artists from the region, both male and female.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of this course, the learner, it is expected, should show critical insight and appreciation of East
African literature. She should also be able to establish and contextualize the canon of what is referred to
as East African Literature while demonstrating understanding of the factors that helped shape this
literature and which, in turn, it shapes.

OUTLINE

1. Geographical, historical and cultural background to the East African region. 4 hrs
2. Literary background, origins and development. 4 hrs.
3. Oral literature and its sub-genres in East Africa: Long forms and short forms 08 hrs
4. Poetry in East Africa 7 hrs
5. Drama in East Africa 7 hrs
6. SIT-IN CAT 1 hr
7. Fiction in East Africa 7 hrs
8. Conclusion. 2 hrs

PRIMARY REFERENCES

1.Ngugi wa Thiongo. A Grain of Wheat.

2.Gurnah Abdulrazak. Memory of Departure

3.Ruganda John. Echoes of Silence.

4. Serumaga,J Majangwa

5.Luvai A.I and Makokha,K. Echoes Across the Valley.

6.Wandera, B,, Moga,A,S,Omwalo,B

,Midega,J. and Magak,K . Millennial Voices : East African Poetry

7.Cook,D and Rubadiri, D. East African Poetry

SECONDARY REFERENCES

Coyle Martin, Literary Terms and Criticism

Taylor Richard, Understanding Elements of Literature

Murray O, Literary Criticism: A Glossary of Major Term

Okumba Miruka, Encounter with Oral Literature

Okumba and Sunkuli, A Dictionary of Oral Literature

Roscoe, Adrian: Uhuru’s Fire

Nkosi, Lewis: Tasks and Masks

Ngugi wa Thiong’o- Homecoming


Writers in Politics
Moving the Centre

Jones Eldred(Ed) African Literature Today (vol 5) (and any other relevant volumes)

Lo Liyong, Taban: Another Last Word

Kurtz Roger: Urban Fears, Urban Obsessions

Gikandi,James Reading the African Novel


Mbithi,J. African Religions and Philosophy

Wanjala,Chris For Home and Freedom

Micere Mugo and Kichamu Akivaga Teaching African Literature in Schools.

The student, it is expected should read other relevant material. Lecture hours are as they appear on the
time-table. Consultation hours shall be communicated. Coursework assessment constitutes 30% and the
final written exam 70 % of the overall mark.

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