(in Polish) Seminarium tematyczne: Murzyńskość, kreolizacja, afrotopia: społeczno-kulturowe i literackie projekty afrodiasporyczne (Antyle, Kanada, Afryka) 3304-2DXW-ST-58-OG

The course aims to familiarize the group with the basic socio-cultural and literary Afrodiasporic projects, ranging from Negritude to concepts of Afrotopia. The main axis of reflection will be an attempt to answer the question of what cultural and literary concepts are emerging in the French Antilles (Caribbean), French-speaking Canada and Québec, as well as in French-speaking parts of Africa in response to the colonial past of these areas, the claims of identity affirmation of the societies inhabiting them, and the contemporary challenges of both globalization and the new divisions and tensions between the countries of the Global South and the Western world.
Négritude, antillanité, creolization, afropolitanism or afrotopia are just some of the concepts or projects that have been born in the areas of the former French colonies from the 1920s to the present day, and which, all of them, seem to seek new definitions for societies and/or states created either under colonization (as in the case of the French Antilles) or during decolonization (as in the case of Africa). All of these concepts seek to address issues such as economic, cultural and linguistic domination, racism or stereotyping, while proposing new ways of defining the history and present of these territories that are independent of the colonial view.
The aim of the course will be to trace how the aforementioned redefinition takes place and how literature is included in this process as a tool for decolonizing minds, mentalities and cultural representations.

Term 2024L:

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Type of course

general courses

Mode

Classroom

Course coordinators

Michał Obszyński

Assessment criteria

- Attendance and activity in class (participation in subgroup work, individual work)
- Individual or group presentation
- Final test
Detailed conditions for passing the course will be presented by the instructor at the first class or will be sent by the University's Student Services System.

Bibliography

The given reading list is subject to change. The final list and selection of texts for analysis will be given at the beginning of the course.

Bridet Guillaume, Brinker Virginie, Burnautzki Sarah et Garnier Xavier (dir.), Dynamiques actuelles des littératures africaines. Panafricanisme, cosmopolitisme, afropolitanisme, Paris, Karthala, 2017.
Césaire, Aimé, Cahier d’un retour au pays natal, Paris, Présence Africaine, (1939) 2005.
Chamoiseau, Patrick, Écrire en pays dominé, Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Folio/Essais », 1997.
Contarini, Silvia, Claire Joubert et Jean-Marc Moura (sous la dir. de), Penser la différence culturelle du colonial au mondial : une anthologie transculturelle, Sesto S. Giovanni, Éditions Mimésis, 2019.
Glissant, Édouard, Introduction à une poétique du Divers, Paris, Gallimard, 1996.
—, Le Discours antillais, Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Folio/Essais », (1981) 1997.
Ki-Zerbo, Lazare (dir.), Le mouvement panafricaniste au XXe siècle, Paris, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, 2014.
Mabanckou, Alain et Michel Le Bris, L’Afrique qui vient, Paris, Hoëbeke, 2013.
Mbembe, Achille, De La Postcolonie, essai sur l'imagination politique dans l'Afrique contemporaine, Paris, La Découverte, 2020.
Miano, Leonora, Afropea: Utopie post-occidentale et post-raciste, Paris, Grasset, 2020.
Michel, Marc, Décolonisations et émergence du tiers monde, Paris, Hachette. 2005.
Sarr, Felwine, Afrotopia - Reinventer l'Afrique, Paris, Philippe Rey, 2016.

Term 2024L:

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Notes

Term 2024L:

Consultations in the summer semester 2024/25
Tuesday, 13.15-14.15
form: in-person or remote (a link to the meeting will be sent upon appointment by email)

Additional information

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