LIT 5388 Spring 2020 McGregory

Identity is a recurrent theme in Caribbean literature. Therefore, Caribbean women writers use the bildungsroman form to illustrate the historical period of the region’s development through the young protagonist’s development from childhood. This course will interrogate Caribbean women writers from a multiplicity of complex social positions and an array of transnational contexts —including Jamaica, Belize, Cuba, Haiti, and Trinidad. Students will be encouraged to privilege keywords by examining different literary, cultural, theoretical and political approaches. Some keywords to be considered are: Creolization, Exile (Ex/Isle), Mother Tongue, Othermothering, and Intersectionality.