The course is aimed at an in-depth exploration of the oral and literary traditions of Caribbean poetry in the context of 20th-century poetry in English
Identity, alterity and alienation in Caribbean poetry, with special emphasis on Edward Kamau Brathwaite and Derek Walcott
Texts
P. BURNETT (ed.), The Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse in English
E.K. BRATHWAITE, The Arrivants, Oxford UP
D. WALCOTT, Collected Poems, Faber
Bibliography
Regarding the contexts and issues of colonial and post-colonial new literatures in English and Caribbean poetry:
C. Gorlier, Un nuovo canone, in F. Marenco (ed.), La civiltà letteraria inglese, UTET, vol. III, pp. 821-837.
B. Ashcroft, G. Griffiths, H. Tiffin (eds,), Key Concepts in Post-Colonial Studies, Routledge,
the following entries:
“Caribbean/West Indian”, “colonianism, “creolization”, “decolonization”, “diaspora”, “exile”, “postcolonialism”, “race”, “slave/slavery”
J. Thieme, Derek Walcott, Manchester UP
S. Brown (ed.), The Art of E.K. Brathwaite, Seren
Further bibliographical details will be provided during the course
Texts e and bibliography are available in the general Library (“Frinzi”)
Oral examination, in Italian and English
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