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Afrikaans Courses

Upper Division Courses

105A. Elementary Afrikaans. Lecture/language laboratory. Introduction to a sister language of modern Dutch and a national language of South Africa. Grammar, practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

105B. Intermediate Afrikaans. Lecture/language laboratory. Prerequisite: course 105A or equivalent. Grammatical exercises; reading and linguistic analysis of texts from both literary and nonliterary sources.

114. Afrikaans Literature in Translation. Lecture, three hours. Readings and analysis of works by selected authors such as Brink, Joubert, Krige, Leroux, Marais, and Rabie and selected poets such as Breytenbach, Eybers, Lion Cachet, W.E.G. Louw, Van Wyk Louw, and Opperman.

135. Introduction to Afrikaans Literature. Discussion, three hours. Prerequisite: course 105B or equivalent. Analysis of selected works from founding of the Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners in 1875 to the present time, including novels by recent writers such as Leroux and Brink, as well as work of poets such as Eybers, Opperman, W.E.G. Louw, Van Wyk Louw, and Breytenbach.

199. Special Studies in Afrikaans (2 to 4 units). Requisite: consent of instructor. Independent studies course for students who desire more intensive or specialized investigation of material covered in a regular course and who present such a course as a requisite.

Graduate Courses

596. Directed Individual Study or Research in Afrikaans. To be arranged with faculty member who directs the study or research (course section to be identified by two-letter code using initials of sponsoring instructor -- see department for I.D. number). May be repeated once. S/U grading.

597. Preparation for Ph.D. Qualifying Examinations. To be arranged with instructor (see department for I.D. number). S/U grading.