Caribbean Literature: Introduction

According to many schollars, the origins of a Caribbean Literature come from a desire to:

• To find a presence in the literary world

• Stablish an authentique Caribbean literary voice, free from Victorian ideals

  
  

• To become a major source of Literature in the world.

  
  

• To group all Caribbean writers historically in an orderly manner.

  
  

The popularity of a 'Caribbean Literature' came in:

• The 80's and 90's

  
  

• The beginning of the 20th century

  
  

• The 2000's

  
  

• The time of Cristopher Columbus

  
  

One of the Caribbean writers to win the Nobel prize for literature:

• Gabriel García Márquez

  
  

• John Irving

  
  

• Derek Walcott

  
  

• Jorge Luis Borges

  
  

This is an important period for Caribbean Literature:

• The conquest of America

  
  

• The Declaration of Human Rights

  
  

• The 50's and 60's

  
  

• From 1914 to 1945

  
  

According to a Caribbean literary theorist, people of colour:

• Have never been able to theorize like Europeans

  
  

• Use logic in order to stablish literary theories

  
  

• Have always theorized, but in different ways from Europeans

  
  

• Have never been interested in theorizing

  
  

The term ‘creole’ denotes the linguistic forms which are closest to dialect or nation language.

• True

• False

The term ‘creole’ only refers to the language spoken in Haiti.

• True

• False

In this course, we will study Caribbean literature produced in many laguages.

• True

• False