ENGL 374 - Escape and Exile:Caribbean Fiction

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Trinity College

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In this course we will focus on themes of exile, immigration, the colonial notion of the "mother country," and the elusive concept of home in Caribbean novels and short stories. Our discussions will also be informed by literary portrayals of national, racial, religious, and gender identity. We will read classic novels by Paule Marshall, Jamaica Kincaid, Samuel Selvon, and V.S. Naipaul, contemporary narratives of displacement by Junot Diaz, Edwidge Danticat, Andrea Levy, and Opal Palmer Adisa. Finally we will read essays by George Lamming and Caryl Phillips, as well as Audre Lorde's "biomythography." For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written after 1800, or a course emphasizing cultural context. 1.00 units, Lecture

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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