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Akwaeke Emezi is a prolific writer of poetry, life writing, young adult fiction, romance, speculative and literary fiction. The Nigerian-American nonbinary author’s work features, among other things, queer genders and sexualities, the themes of migration and racial (in)justice, family and kinship, and the religious and folkloric elements of Igbo culture. By discussing two of their most highly acclaimed novels, their debut Freshwater (2018) and their third publication The Death of Vivek Oji (2020), alongside some further writing, you will get to know one of the most interesting writers of our time and practice your skills in applying methodology from narrative studies, postcolonial studies, and queer studies among other disciplines. The course will also enable you to formulate your own theory-informed thesis statements in preparation for writing a Hausarbeit.
Please purchase a copy of:
- Freshwater (2018)
- The Death of Vivek Oji (2020)
Further texts will be made available on Stud.IP.
Selected content note: death, homophobia, transphobia, gender dysphoria, mental illness, racism, suicidal ideation. Consult the novels’ entries on the App The Storygraph for more detail. |
