Black Studies 317 - Caribbean Poetry: The Anglophone Tradition

(Offered as BLST 317[CLA] and ENGL 317) A survey of the work of Anglophone Caribbean poets, alongside readings about the political, cultural and aesthetic traditions that have influenced their work. Readings will include longer cycles of poems by Derek Walcott and Edward Kamau Brathwaite; dialect and neoclassical poetry from the colonial period; and more recent poetry by women writers and performance (“dub”) poets.

Fall semester. Professor C. Bailey.

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Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: Readings, Independent Research, Oral presentations, Collaborative Work, Writing.