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Analysing Religion in Literary Writings, Audio and Visual Media Forms in Africa - RST3713

Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Recommendation: Students to register together with RST1501 & RST1502
Purpose: The purpose of the module is to provide students with methods and theories to analyse the roles of religion in literary writings, audio and visual cultures in Africa. Students who successfully complete this module will be able to develop a contextually nuanced analysis of how literary writings, audio and visual cultures express major religious themes such as ideology and politics, violence and power, secularisation discourses, social identities, lived-experiences, myths and rituals, and economic exchange.