Teaching Anglophone Caribbean Literature (Options for Teaching #34)

By: Nicole N. Aljoe and Giselle Liza Anatol and Alisa K. Braithwaite and Albert Braz and Grant Farred and John C. Hawley and Jennifer P. Nesbitt and Elaine Savory and Elizabeth Way

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Synopsis: This volume in the Options for Teaching series recognizes that the most challenging aspect of introducing students to anglophone Caribbean literature--the sheer variety of intellectual and artistic traditions in Western and non-Western cultures that relate to it--also offers the greatest opportunities to teachers. Courses on anglophone literature in the Caribbean can consider the region's specific histories and contexts even as they explore common issues: the legacies of slavery, colonialism, and colonial education; nationalism; exile and migration; identity and hybridity; class and racial conflict; gender and sexuality; religion and ritual. While considering how the availability of materials shapes syllabi, this volume recommends print, digital, and visual resources for teaching.The essays examine a host of topics, including the following: the development of multiethnic populations in the Caribbean and the role of various creole languages in the literatureoral art forms, such as dub poetry and reggae musicthe influence of anglophone literature in the Caribbean on literary movements outside it, such as the Harlem Renaissance and black British writingCarnivalreligious rituals and beliefsspecific genres such as slave narratives and autobiographyfilm and dramathe economics of rumMany essays list resources for further reading, and the volume concludes with a section of additional teaching resources.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781603291613
Related ISBNs:: 9781603291064
Publisher:: Modern Language Association of America
Date of Addition:: 07/22/23
Copyrighted By:: The Modern Language Association of America
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Education, Language Arts
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Edited by:: Supriya M. Nair