Caribbean literary discourse : voice and cultural identity in the Anglophone Caribbean /
Caribbean Literary Discourse is a study of the multicultural, multilingual, and Creolized languages that characterize Caribbean discourse, especially as reflected in the language choices that preoccupy creative writers.Caribbean Literary Discourse opens the challenging world of language choices and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
[2014]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Caribbean Literary Discourse is a study of the multicultural, multilingual, and Creolized languages that characterize Caribbean discourse, especially as reflected in the language choices that preoccupy creative writers.Caribbean Literary Discourse opens the challenging world of language choices and literary experiments characteristic of the multicultural and multilingual Caribbean. In these societies, the language of the master- English in Jamaica and Barbados-overlies the Creole languages of the majority. As literary critics and as creative writers, Barbara Lalla, Jean D'Costa, and Velma Pollard engage historical, linguistic, and literary perspectives to investigate the literature bred by this complex history. They trace the rise of local languages and literatures within the English speaking Caribbean, especially as reflected in the language choices of creative writers. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 277 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780817387020 (electronic bk.) 0817387021 (electronic bk.) |