Literature 2670 - Women Writing the Caribbean

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Bard College

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Africana Studies, GSS, SRE The "creolized" culture of the Caribbean hasbeen a hotbed of women's writing from the 19th to the 21st century. Claudia Mitchell-Kernan describes creolization as "nowhere purely African, but . . . a mosaic of African, European, and indigenous responses to a truly novel reality." This course is concerned with how women, through fiction, interpreted that reality. While confronting the often explosive politics of postcolonial island life and navigating the presence of French, English, and African influence, women saw their role as deeply conflicted. Students begin by reading The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave, Related by Herself ( 1831) and Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands ( 1857). Other writers studied include Martha Gellhorn, Jean Rhys, Phyllis Shand Allfrey, Jamaica Kincaid, Michelle Cliff, and Edwidge Danticat.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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