EN 295/295 - Caribbean Literature:History,Culture,and Identity

Institution:

Eastern Connecticut State University

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Description:

This course serves as an introduction to the field of Caribbean literatures in English and English translation, with a focus on the French-speaking Caribbean.When read in the context of African diasporic literatures, it coincides with what has been called "African American Literatures" or literature written by peoples of African descent in the New World.This course examines a wide range of theoretical and fictional texts that introduce students to the debate surrounding the formation of Antillean cultural identity/identities.It examines Caribbean literatures with respect to their language of origin (English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Creoles and patois), colonization, slavery, racial experience, landscape, creolization, migration, and diaspora specifically in Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Trinidad, Cuba, and the Netherlands Antilles/Surinam.Therefore this course is a survey that engages the historical, political, and cultural contexts out of which these literatures have emerge d.This course meets the world diversity requirement. (Prerequisite: EN 12 or equivalent) Three credits.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.easternct.edu/

Phone Number:

(860) 465-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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