Tutor information
Dorothée Boulanger
Dorothée Boulanger is a Career Development Fellow in Women’s, Gender and Sexualities Studies at the University of Oxford, and a Junior Research Fellow at Linacre College. Dorothée’s research lies at the crossroads between African literature and history, with a specific interest in Lusophone Africa, gender and ecocritical perspectives. Her first book, Fiction as History? Resistance and Complicities in Angolan Postcolonial Literature (Legenda, 2022), explores fiction as a historical source and the role of writers in shaping historical consciousness in Angola.
Courses
Gain an appreciation and understanding of the exciting contemporary literary and visual cultures of the geographically, culturally and linguistically diverse region of Southern Africa. Many different forms of cultural production will be discussed.