Literature and Art in the Contemporary Caribbean

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The course analyzes the ongoing dialogue between contemporary Caribbean literature and the visual arts around topics of deep cultural and historic resonance: slavery and the plantation, Creole religiosities, pan-Caribbean popular culture, environmental degradation, migration, and migration, among others. Texts to be discussed include Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea (Dominica), Pedro Cabiya's Wicked Weeds (Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic), Mayra Montero's The Messenger (Puerto Rico), Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John (Antigua), and others. We will look at the work of artists like Tony Capell¿n (Dominican Republic), Jaime and Javier Su¿rez (Puerto Rico), David Boxer (Jamaica), Firelei B¿ez (Dominican Republic), and Yoan Capote (Cuba).