Thanks!
08-05-2024
Thank you for reading my blog! I hope that you found it interesting and amusing to read and that you learned something.
Hannah Sabbe
Modern English Literature
About this blog
Course journal for modern English literature
This blog follows my experiences in the course about West African Women Writing.
Our Sister Killjoy part 2
03-05-2024
This week, we contiuned our analysis of Our Sister Killjoy. This week, instead of reading with the text, we read against it. We discussed the way that postcolonial reading of the novel can influence our interpretation. As I have already said in this journal, Africa often seems to be left out from the Universal experience. This class confirms this,...
To connect more to the course, I listened to a TED talk on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6ufvYWTqQ0). Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian author who associates herself with feminism and tells the world about her experiences.
This summer, I visited Tanzania and Zanzibar and I would love to link this experience to the course (it is too good of an opportunity). Of course, Tanzania is not part of West-Africa, but this makes for an even more interesting comparison, as we can look for similarities and differences.
Our sister Killjoy part 1
26-04-2024
This was the most interesting lecture that we had so far. I love to do a literary analysis of a novel like this. This, mixed in with the new African aspect, made a very educational class. The video of Ama Ata Aidoo gave the contextual information that is necessary to fully grasp the text to its fullest, and I feel...
On African Feminism
19-04-2024
This week, we talked about African feminism and the way it differs from Western feminism. I found the class very interesting, because it brought my attention to how much racism there is in the world. Even in movements such as feminism, which is a battle for gender equality, there is no equality between races. That really shocked me. It was...
The aesthetics of migration
29-03-2024
For the fourth lecture, we read a short story written by Unigwe. First, we defined what an 'aesthetic' is, and then we applied the concept to migration. We had a small discussion about the difference in portrayal between male and female African migrants. We talked about the strategies used by Chika Unigwe in her story. Lastly, we discussed...
Guest Lecture Prof. Chika Unigwe
15-03-2024
This week, we joined the class of African Studies and followed a guest lecture given by Flemish-Nigerian author Chika Unigwe. She talked to us about the different generations of female writers in West-Africe in a very interesting and clear lecture. We learned about the four generations of writers and how their work was different, but also that...
This lecture was also given by Sarah Beukens, as it was a continuation of the last lecture. We talked about African Ecocriticism, but this time through the persepective of a writer. We read 'The Beggar's Strike' by Snow Fall to frame the lecture and guide us through the subject.
African Ecocriticism
01-03-2024
This guest lecture by Prof. Beukens was a string opener to the course. Ecocriticism is something that I am very interested in, and therefore I was glad that it had a place in the course. It was eye-opening to talk about the discourse from such a different point of view. The lecture showed me that Africa is very absent in...
Welcome!
29-02-2024
Dear reader, welcome to my blog! Here you can follow my experience with the course, find reflections on the lectures and get more information about my assignments. I hope you enjoy this impression on women writing in West-Africa <3