2010-2011 Academic Catalog 
    
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2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CMLT 208 - Her Story: History and Fiction of Caribbean Women Writers

Type of Course: Seminar
Traces the history of the Caribbean through contemporary women’s writing from the Anglophone, Francophone and Hispanic areas. Examines the portrayal of Caribbean women from slavery and colonial times to the present day, and the depiction of women’s participation in the construction of their past. Authors studied include Julia Alvarez, Maryse Condé, Edwidge Danticat, Jamaica Kincaid, Jean Rhys and Mayra Santos.

Cross Listed: RER 208 , WS 207 

Instructor: Ms. Ferly

When Offered: Offered every other year

Faculty: Odile Ferly, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of French