Novel Nations in Africa and Latin America
AFRAMER 127X
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Description
Both a literary form and a site of political imagination, the novel has participated in creating, contesting, and undoing political communities across Africa and Latin America. Rather than treating fiction as a mere reflection of national life, we will approach the novel as foundational for republics. Bringing African and Latin American texts into a South–South dialogue, will explore shared histories of colonialism, revolutionary struggle, and conflict in the aftermath of independence. How do novels invent ‘the people’? What forms of citizenship, belonging, race, gender, and futurity do they make visible or foreclose? The course features literary experimentation and political engagement.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
African & African Amer Studies
Course Component
Seminar
Subject
African & African Amer Studies
Grading Basis
FAS Letter Graded
Exam/Final Deadline
Dec. 10, 2026
General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Arts and Humanities
Course Level
For Undergraduate and Graduate Students
