Afrikaans Course Listings

Upper Division Courses

105A. Elementary Afrikaans. (4)

Lecture, four hours; 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. P/NP or letter grading.

105B. Intermediate Afrikaans. (4)

Lecture, four hours; language laboratory. Requisite: course 105A. Grammatical exercises; reading and linguistic analysis of texts from both literary and nonliterary sources. P/NP or letter grading.

114. From Oppressed to Oppressor and Beyond: Literature in Afrikaans from Preapartheid to Postapartheid Era, in English Translation. (5)

Lecture, four hours. Development of all literature in Afrikaans, with special attention to authors and poets who protested apartheid -- Brink, Breytenbach, Van Heerden, Jonker, Joubert, Krige, Krog, Leroux, Rabie, Small, and Willemse. Additional readings by Coetzee, De Lange, Krog, and others on censorship, imprisonment, South African history, and postcolonial literary theory. Letter grading.

135. Introduction to Afrikaans Literature. (4)

Discussion, three hours. Requisite: course 105B. 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. P/NP or letter grading.

199. Special Studies in Afrikaans. (2 to 4)

Tutorial, to be arranged. 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. Letter grading.

Graduate Courses

596. Directed Individual Study or Research in Afrikaans. (4)

Tutorial, 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. (4)

Tutorial, to be arranged with instructor (see department for I.D. number). S/U grading.