AFL2603/101/1/2024
Tutorial Letter 101/1/2024
Literature and Society
A perspective on African Literature
AFL2603
Semester 1
Department of African Languages
This tutorial letter contains important information about your module.
BARCODE
, AFL2603/101/1/2024
CONTENTS
Page
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 4
2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES ........................................................................................................ 5
2.1 Purpose .......................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Outcomes ....................................................................................................................................... 6
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION ............................................................................................ 6
4 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS .................................................................................... 6
4.1 Lecturer(s) ...................................................................................................................................... 6
4.2 Department ..................................................................................................................................... 7
4.3 University ........................................................................................................................................ 7
5 RESOURCES ................................................................................................................................. 8
5.1 Prescribed book(s) .......................................................................................................................... 8
5.2 Recommended book(s)................................................................................................................... 9
5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves) ..................................................................................................... 9
5.4 Library services and resources ....................................................................................................... 9
6 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ............................................................................................... 10
6.1 The Unisa First-Year Experience Programme .............................................................................. 11
7 STUDY PLAN ............................................................................................................................... 12
8 PRACTICAL WORK ..................................................................................................................... 12
9 ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................................. 12
9.1 Assessment criteria....................................................................................................................... 12
9.2 Assessment plan .......................................................................................................................... 12
9.3 Assessment due dates.................................................................................................................. 12
9.4 Submission of assessments ......................................................................................................... 13
9.4.1 Types of assignments and descriptions ........................................................................................ 14
9.5 The assessments .......................................................................................................................... 15
9.5.1 First Assignment ........................................................................................................................... 17
9.5.2 Second Assignment ...................................................................................................................... 37
9.6 Other assessment methods .......................................................................................................... 57
9.7 The examination ........................................................................................................................... 57
9.7.1 Invigilation/proctoring .................................................................................................................... 57
10 ACADEMIC DISHONESTY .......................................................................................................... 58
10.1 Plagiarism ..................................................................................................................................... 58
10.2 Cheating ....................................................................................................................................... 58
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10.3 For more information about plagiarism, follow the link below: ...................................................... 58
11 STUDENTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES ................................................................................... 58
12 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS .......................................................................................... 59
13 SOURCES CONSULTED ............................................................................................................. 59
14 IN CLOSING ................................................................................................................................. 59
15 ADDENDUM ................................................................................................................................. 59
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1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student
Unisa is a comprehensive open distance e-learning (CODeL) higher education institution. The
comprehensiveness of our curricula encapsulates a range of offerings, from strictly vocational to
strictly academic certificates, diplomas, and degrees. Unisa's "openness" and its distance
eLearning character result in many students registering at Unisa who may not have had an
opportunity to enrol in higher education. Our CODeL character implies that our programmes are
carefully planned and structured to ensure success for students ranging from the under-prepared
but with potential to the sufficiently prepared.
Teaching and learning in a CODeL context involve multiple modes of delivery ranging from
blended learning to fully online. As a default position, all post graduate programmes are offered
fully online with no printed study materials, while undergraduate programmes are offered in a
blended mode of delivery where printed study materials are augmented with online teaching and
learning via the learner management system myUnisa. In some instances, undergraduate
programmes are offered fully online as well.
Furthermore, our programmes are aligned with the vision, mission, and values of the University.
Unisa's commitment to serve humanity and shape futures combined with a clear appreciation of
our location on the African continent, Unisa's graduates have distinctive graduate qualities which
include:
• independent, resilient, responsible, and caring citizens who can fulfil and serve in
multiple roles in their immediate and future local, national, and global communities.
• having a critical understanding of their location on the African continent with its histories,
challenges, and potential in relation to globally diverse contexts
• the ability to critically analyse and evaluate the credibility and usefulness of information
and data from multiple sources in a globalised world with its ever-increasing information
and data flows and competing worldviews.
• how to apply their discipline-specific knowledges competently, ethically, and creatively
to solve real-life problems.
• an awareness of their own learning and developmental needs and future potential.
Whether a module is offered either as blended (meaning that we use a combination of printed
and online material to engage with you) or online (all information is available via the internet), we
use myUnisa as our virtual campus. This is an online system that is used to administer, document,
and deliver educational material to you and support engagement with you.
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Tutorial Letter 101/1/2024
Literature and Society
A perspective on African Literature
AFL2603
Semester 1
Department of African Languages
This tutorial letter contains important information about your module.
BARCODE
, AFL2603/101/1/2024
CONTENTS
Page
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 4
2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES ........................................................................................................ 5
2.1 Purpose .......................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Outcomes ....................................................................................................................................... 6
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION ............................................................................................ 6
4 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS .................................................................................... 6
4.1 Lecturer(s) ...................................................................................................................................... 6
4.2 Department ..................................................................................................................................... 7
4.3 University ........................................................................................................................................ 7
5 RESOURCES ................................................................................................................................. 8
5.1 Prescribed book(s) .......................................................................................................................... 8
5.2 Recommended book(s)................................................................................................................... 9
5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves) ..................................................................................................... 9
5.4 Library services and resources ....................................................................................................... 9
6 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ............................................................................................... 10
6.1 The Unisa First-Year Experience Programme .............................................................................. 11
7 STUDY PLAN ............................................................................................................................... 12
8 PRACTICAL WORK ..................................................................................................................... 12
9 ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................................. 12
9.1 Assessment criteria....................................................................................................................... 12
9.2 Assessment plan .......................................................................................................................... 12
9.3 Assessment due dates.................................................................................................................. 12
9.4 Submission of assessments ......................................................................................................... 13
9.4.1 Types of assignments and descriptions ........................................................................................ 14
9.5 The assessments .......................................................................................................................... 15
9.5.1 First Assignment ........................................................................................................................... 17
9.5.2 Second Assignment ...................................................................................................................... 37
9.6 Other assessment methods .......................................................................................................... 57
9.7 The examination ........................................................................................................................... 57
9.7.1 Invigilation/proctoring .................................................................................................................... 57
10 ACADEMIC DISHONESTY .......................................................................................................... 58
10.1 Plagiarism ..................................................................................................................................... 58
10.2 Cheating ....................................................................................................................................... 58
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, AFL2603/101/1/2024
10.3 For more information about plagiarism, follow the link below: ...................................................... 58
11 STUDENTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES ................................................................................... 58
12 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS .......................................................................................... 59
13 SOURCES CONSULTED ............................................................................................................. 59
14 IN CLOSING ................................................................................................................................. 59
15 ADDENDUM ................................................................................................................................. 59
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, AFL2603/101/1/2024
1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student
Unisa is a comprehensive open distance e-learning (CODeL) higher education institution. The
comprehensiveness of our curricula encapsulates a range of offerings, from strictly vocational to
strictly academic certificates, diplomas, and degrees. Unisa's "openness" and its distance
eLearning character result in many students registering at Unisa who may not have had an
opportunity to enrol in higher education. Our CODeL character implies that our programmes are
carefully planned and structured to ensure success for students ranging from the under-prepared
but with potential to the sufficiently prepared.
Teaching and learning in a CODeL context involve multiple modes of delivery ranging from
blended learning to fully online. As a default position, all post graduate programmes are offered
fully online with no printed study materials, while undergraduate programmes are offered in a
blended mode of delivery where printed study materials are augmented with online teaching and
learning via the learner management system myUnisa. In some instances, undergraduate
programmes are offered fully online as well.
Furthermore, our programmes are aligned with the vision, mission, and values of the University.
Unisa's commitment to serve humanity and shape futures combined with a clear appreciation of
our location on the African continent, Unisa's graduates have distinctive graduate qualities which
include:
• independent, resilient, responsible, and caring citizens who can fulfil and serve in
multiple roles in their immediate and future local, national, and global communities.
• having a critical understanding of their location on the African continent with its histories,
challenges, and potential in relation to globally diverse contexts
• the ability to critically analyse and evaluate the credibility and usefulness of information
and data from multiple sources in a globalised world with its ever-increasing information
and data flows and competing worldviews.
• how to apply their discipline-specific knowledges competently, ethically, and creatively
to solve real-life problems.
• an awareness of their own learning and developmental needs and future potential.
Whether a module is offered either as blended (meaning that we use a combination of printed
and online material to engage with you) or online (all information is available via the internet), we
use myUnisa as our virtual campus. This is an online system that is used to administer, document,
and deliver educational material to you and support engagement with you.
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