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Apr 19, 2024
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CLL 190 - (LT) World Literature and the Anatomy of Cultural Difference: Oral Poetry and Music in Jamaica: Genre-poetry, Multiculturalism and Colonialism/Post-colonialismSemester Hours: 3
“Oral poetry and music in Jamaica” examines the survival and persistence of Oral Tradition; its impact on poetry of the voice and performance poetry; linkages between poetry and music. The themes which will be explored are ethnicity, race, gender, migration, exile, education, colonialism, cultural erasure and reconstruction. This course focuses on Reggae and part of the course will be concerned with the emergence of Jamaican popular music, from mento and ska and via rock steady and reggae towards dub and dancehall and its impact on emerging performance poetry in Jamaica. Other oral forms to be explored will be narrative, legend, prayer, elegy, praise-song, work-song, signifying speech, curse, sermon, and lament.
Prerequisites & Course Notes:
ENGL 2.
January 2009 Offering:
10145: Jan. 5-22; M-Th; 4:45-7:55 p.m.; 101 Brower; Kershner
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