HISP 457 - Caribbean Cultures and Literatures

Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3HU, CD

Taught in English. This course examines the relationship between literature and folklore in the Francophone, Anglophone, Spanish-speaking and Dutch Caribbean. Central issues include: the creolization of cultures and presence of a creole aesthetic in literature and the traditional arts (music, dance, theater, painting, etc.), the relationship of colonialism and tourism to cultural productions, the re-writing of “master texts” from the Western canon, the dialogue between oral and written literatures, and the literary re-writings of history. Enrollment Limit: 15.
Instructor: A. Cara
Cross List Information
Cross-listed with CMPL 457.