Afro-American Studies 291F - S-Black Caribbean Literature

A variety of literary genres as well as critical essays authored by Black Caribbean writers from the Anglophone, Hispanophone, and Francophone Caribbean will be analyzed during the course of the semester. While attention will be given to historical and cultural context, emphasis will be placed on literary analysis of texts. The readings selected will cover slavery, colonialism, anti-colonialism, race/colorism, gender, Creolization, language, orality, and diaspora.