LIT 2230 Spring 2018 Mookerjee

This course will explore the 20th and 21st century Anglophone traditions of women's writing within the islands of the Caribbean. We will critically question how Caribbean women’s literature responds to changing colonial conditions, inspects subject positionality, and represents cultural hybridity. Throughout the course, we will examine the central questions surrounding Caribbean literature, including questions of race, gender and sexuality, the female body, feminism, trauma, citizenship, and transnationalism. Written assignments will play a crucial role in examining these questions, and we will also hold open discussions to help strengthen our understanding as writers and scholars.