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AFST 20029 - Literature of the Anglophone Caribbean

Course Credit: 1
(ENGL)
This course examines creative writings from and about the West Indies written since 1950. The course will consider how different writers represent West Indian experiences, particularly those related to issues of race, class, history and gender relationships. In addition, it will explore how postcolonial conditions impact and might be impacted by the works we study. Readings including: short fiction, a few novels, poetry and drama by canonical figures such as Kamau Brathwaite, George Lamming, V. S. Naipaul, and Derek Walcott. It will also address other Caribbean writers such as Lorna Goodison, Olive Senior, Jamaica Kincaid and Trevor Rhone, Paulette Ramsay and Oonya Kempadoo. [AH, C]