Spring 2012
Return to Spring 2012 Course ListingsENGL448A - Literature by Women of Color: Caribbean Literature by Women
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Collins, Merle
Section(s): 0101
Description
On
this course we will study themes and trends in Caribbean women’s writing.
Among writers and critics to be studied are Edwidge Danticat, Simone Schwarz
Bart and Maryse Conde.
We will also read a collection of writing by Caribbean Women Writers at
Home and Abroad, edited by Jennifer Nunez. Among themes to be explored as we
put these works into theoretical perspective are gender and feminism in the
Caribbean, globalization and migration
Prerequisites
Two English courses in literature or permission of the department.
