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CMLT174: Islands in the Stream Course Details |
Textbooks
- Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá. The Renunciation, Four Walls Eight Windows, 1997.
- Joseph Zobel. Black Shack Alley, Three Continents Press, 1980.
- Luis Rafael Sánchez. Macho Camacho's Beat, Dalkey Archive Press, 2001.
- Maryse Condé. Crossing the Mangrove, Anchor-Doubleday, 1995.
Additional texts
- M T. Babín and S. Steiner (eds.), Borinquen: An Anthology of Puerto Rican Literature. (selections)
- Bernabé, Chamoiseau, Confiant, In Praise of Creoleness (selection).
- Richard E. Burton, French and West Indians (selection)
- Frantz Fanon, Black Skins, White Masks (selection).
- Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (selection)
- Juan Flores, From Bomba to hip-hop (selection).
- Edouard Glissant, Caribbean Discourse (selection).
- José Luis González, 'The Four-Storeyed Country'.
- René Marqués, 'The Docile Puerto Rican'.
- Ramón Grosfoguel, Puerto Rican Jam (selection).
- Ramón Grosfoguel, Colonial Subjects (chapter 7).
- Antonio S. Pedreira, Insularismo (selection).
- Mayra Santos (selected stories).
- Ana Lydia Vega (selected stories).
Films
- 'Sugar Cane Alley'
- 'Brincando el charco'
Assignments
The assignments for the course are as follows:
| Class participation |
10% |
| Four response papers (3 pages each) |
40% |
| One oral presentation on an essay or article |
25% |
| A comparative final paper (6-7 pages) |
25% |
| There will be no final exam for this course. |