Caribbean Literature

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Black culture and writing in the Caribbean. Reflections on alienation and independence. Literary liberation movements, Negrism, Indigenism, and Negritude as the first step towards emancipation from a European cultural vision. Writers from the English-, French-, and Spanish-speaking countries will be examined. All readings will be in English. This course is the same as AFST 3240, PRLS 3315W, and ENGL 3623. (Not open to students who have completed Puerto Rican and Latino Studies [54].)