Spring, L. Harris. African and Caribbean Literature. Reading and analysis of works of fiction, poetry, and drama representing the most important trends in African and Caribbean literatures. Examines works by women writers from the Caribbean who live in the U.S.A. and Canada. Uncovers the complex nature of cross-cultural encounters.
Special attention is given to questions of identity, exile, history, memory, and language.
Authors include Paule Marshall, Michelle Cliff, and Jamaica Kincaid. Upper division literature course or permission of instructor. History of Africa to 1800. History of Africa from the earliest times to the beginning of the 19th century. Attention given to the methodology and theoretical framework used by the Africanist, the development of early African civilizations, and current debates and trends in the historiography of Africa.