The Language of the Landscape in Caribbean Writing

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The Language of the Landscape in Caribbean Writing investigates how Caribbean-born writers navigate the tension around their homelands as sites of natural beauty and brutal horror. The course takes an ecocritical approach in examining themes such as forced labor, migration, exile, and tourism that have traditionally been studied through a postcolonial lens. As a class, we will read creative works and theory moving us from the colonial period into the present and allowing us to visit locations throughout the Caribbean.