Duppies, Demons, and Despots: The Role of Myth in Caribbean Literature

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The Caribbean is haunted by its past. This course examines how writers from the region mediate the horrors of slavery, disasters, and dictatorships through the surreal, the supernatural and the downright weird. Through select poems, short stories, and novels, students will examine the role of myths in making sense of reality while also encountering a range of ghosts, “duppies,” and “jumbies” in popular Caribbean folklore?.?