This course examines the body of American Literature prose  through a lens that connects its themes, characters and contexts to the real world challenges and experiences faced by individuals today. The purpose is to foster critical thinking, comprehension, empathy and practical skills that prepare students for both personal and professional success.

LIT 224 focuses on the reading, interpretation, and analysis of Lorna Goodison’s poems. Class lectures and discussions will provide an analysis of poetic devices, forms and figurative language. The course will also expose students to the social, historical, biographical, religious, and cultural contexts of her poetry.

The purpose of studying Shakespeare is so that students can see the world through a different cultural and social lens. Through the exposure to timeless, richly poetic Literature, students can gain knowledge and understanding of human behavior and profound themes such as anger, love, joy, etc. and relate it to life experiences.

The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the aesthetic qualities, techniques and styles writers who have interwoven their language, traditions, history, and cultures to produce literary works in modern drama. This literature course should empower students to wholeheartedly engage in stimulating discussions on issues of universal human concern and to examine texts in relation to our own lives.

Welcome to Post Colonial Literature (LIT 121)
by Marilin Serrano 

Blessings! 
Welcome to a fruitful semester of learning and growing. 
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This course focuses on the study of prose of a contemporary postcolonial African and a Bengali writer. The study will encompass the reading, writing and critiquing of works written from a post-colonial perspective. The literary contexts, issues and themes of post colonialism will also be examined and discussed. 

This course focuses on the study of poetry of one contemporary postcolonial Australian poet. The study will encompass the reading, analysis and critiquing of poems written from a post-colonial perspective. The literary contexts, issues and themes of post colonialism will also be examined and discussed.

EN 222 focuses on the reading, interpretation, and analysis of modern drama in Caribbean Literature. Class lectures and discussions will provide a study of literary themes, techniques, style, elements and features found in modern Caribbean plays. The course will also expose students to the social, historical, political, religious, and cultural contexts of Caribbean Literature.

EN 223 focuses on the reading, interpretation, and analysis of Olive Senior’s poems. Class lectures and discussions will provide a revision of poetic devices and figurative language. The course will also expose students to the social, historical, political, religious, and cultural contexts of Caribbean Literature.