ENGL267
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Caribbean Literature
Literature and Language - departmentSchool of Liberal Arts
College/School
School of Liberal Arts
Course Description
This course surveys authors from the English, French, Dutch, and Spanish-speaking islands of the Caribbean. Some issues that will be explored are the writer's choice of language (the language of the colonizer versus nation language); the rising voice of Caribbean women carving out distinctive space for themselves; the significance and spiritual force of carnival; Negritude; and the writer in exile. Authors to be studied include Caryl Phillips and Gabriel G. Marquez.
Grade Modes
Pass/Fail (P), Standard (S)
Course Attributes
Humanities (GEHU), Liberal Arts (LA), Writing Intensive (SEWI)