Caribbean Literature and Culture - Single View

Caribbean history is a history of colonialism, the Atlantic slave trade, maroon and slave uprisings, and a multitude of languages, cultures, and ethnicities. We will study the Caribbean as a space with “no center and no outward edge,” but we will also look specifically at the history of several islands (Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic) and Caribbean communities in the United States. We will draw on a variety of cultural material (theory, fiction, and film) for our discussion of Caribbean culture.

This class has a considerable workload of reading assignments. Students are expected to read all course texts for the respective sessions.

Please obtain the following texts:

-Cristina Garcia, The Aguëro Sisters (1997)

-Edwidge Danticat, The Dew Breaker (2005)

-Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007)

Additional texts will be made available on moodle.

Abgeschlossenes Basismodul Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft.

Presentation or short paper (depending on class size).

Additional credits: Modularbeit.