ENG223
Survey of Literatures of the Caribbean
English
BC
Subject code
ENG
Course Number
223
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
S. Houchins
Course Long Title
Survey of Literatures of the Caribbean
Cross Listed Courses
Description
This course examines the literatures of the African diaspora in the Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. Some texts are drawn from Anglophone authors such as Lamming, Anthony, Walcott, Brodber, Danticat, Lovelace, Brathwaite, NourBese (Philip), Hopkinson, and Dionne Brand; others, from Francophone and Hispanophone writers, including Guillen, Carpentier, Condé, Chamoiseau, Depestre, Ferré, Santos-Febres, and Morejón. The course places each work in its historical, political, and anthropological contexts, and introduces students to to a number of critical theories and methodologies with which to analyze the works, including poststructural, Marxist, Pan-African, postcolonial, and feminist. Recommended background: AFR 100 or one 100-level English course.
Writing Credit
No writing credit
Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements
(Africana: Diaspora)
INDS Program Relationship
IDAF - AFR Program
GEC This Course Belongs To
-
Class Restriction
Exclude First Years