The following courses in Comparative Caribbean Literature are offered jointly by the Departments of Modern Languages and Literatures and Literatures in English.

LEVEL I

HUMN1102 (AR11B): INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE CARIBBEAN LITERATURE II: WOMEN'S WRITING (3 credits, Semester 1)

Lecturer in charge: Dr. Anthea Morrison

Rm. 05 (Old Arts Block)

In this course the major concerns of women writers in the region will be examined through a survey of writing from the English, French and Spanish-speaking Caribbean (in English translation). The current emphasis is on prose fiction -- novel and short story. In addition to extracts from the prescribed anthologies, two novels will be studied in detail.

PRE-REQUISITE : None

PRESCRIBED TEXTS:
Green Cane and Juicy Flotsam: Stories by Caribbean Women: Paravisini & Esteves (eds.) ( Rutgers pb)
Crossing the Mangrove. Conde Maryse ( Anchor Books pb )
Dreaming in Cuban. Garcia, Cristina. (Ballantine pb)

INSTRUCTION: 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial

EVALUATION:
2 in-course assignments 30%

1 tutorial presentation 10%

Written exam (2 hours) 60%

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LEVEL II

HUMN2201 (AR22A): LITERATURE AND IDEAS IN THE CARIBBEAN (3 credits, Semester 2)

Lecturer in charge: Dr. Anthea Morrison

Rm. 05 (Old Arts Block)

This course focuses on the selected issues in writing from across the Caribbean, including the following topics (with emphasis which may vary from time to time): the treatment of history, nationalism, gender concerns, neo-colonialism, anti-imperialism and Marxism, religion, choice of language, narrative technique, orature, magic realism, Caribbean literature as counter-discourse.

PRE-REQUISITE : ‘A' level literature or one literature course from Department of Modern languages and Literatures OR Literatures in English

PRESCRIBED TEXTS:
How the Garcia Sisters Lost their Accent Alvarez, Julia ( Plume pb)
The Aguero Sisters. Garcia, Cristina. (Ballantine pb)
Masters of the Dew. Roumain, Jacques. (Heinemann pb)
Black Shack Alley. Zobel, Joseph. (Three Continents pb)

INSTRUCTION : 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial

EVALUATION :
1 seminar-type presentation 10%

1 term paper 40%

1 two-hour exam 50%

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