<p>Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Introduction to literature and culture of Caribbean basin from New Orleans to Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Antigua, or Trinidad. Topics include history of French and English colonial influences and rivalries, Haitian revolution and its literary legacies, emergence of nationalist discourses, search for cultural identity, rhetoric of negritude, global poetics of relation, créolité movement, and literary achievements of African diaspora. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Comparative Literature

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College of Letters and Science

The department is committed to continuing its pioneering work in defining new literary paradigms and fostering new directions for exploration in literary studies.

General Catalog

Comparative Studies of Francophone and Anglophone Caribbean

COMLIT177

5 units