Sommersemester 2001
Haitian-American Writer Edwidge Danticat:
"We Are Ugly, But We Are Here"
Content:
Course Description and Timetable
Edwidge Danticat, born in Haïti in 1969, immigrated to the United States at the age of twelve. She published her first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, when she was twenty-five and and was nominated for the National Book Award for her story collection Krik? Krak! in the following year. We will investigate the reasons for her career as a shooting star of the American literary scene by looking at the critical and popular reception of her fiction and by studying the literary, cultural and historical context of her work. We will read the following books by Edwidge Danticat:
Lectures take place at the following dates and times (Room 41/B12):
Texts by Edwidge Danticat
on the Internet
Poetry
Short Stories
Articles and Essays
Selected Books
available at University Library Osnabrueck
Arnold, James (ed.). A History of Literature in the Caribbean: Vol. 1: Hispanic and Francophone Regions. Amsterdam [u.a.]: Benjamins, 1994. (A comparative history of literatures in European languages) Standort: B HGR 4712-005 3
Bremer, Thomas (ed.). Alternative Cultures in the Caribbean: First International Conference of the Society of Caribbean Research, Berlin 1988. Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert, 1993. (Bibliotheca Ibero-Americana ; 46) Standort: B MKZ 4604-803 9
Brown-Guillory, Elizabeth (ed.). Women of Color: Mother-Daughter Relationships in Twentieth-Century Literature. Austin: Univ. of Texas Press, 1996. Standort: B EIL 4715-055 7
Cudjoe, Selwyn R. Resistance and Caribbean Literature. Athens, Ohio [u.a.]: Ohio Univ. Press, 1980. Standort: B EFN 4213-301 6
Dabydeen, David (ed.). A Handbook for Teaching Caribbean Literature. London: Heinemann Educational, 1988. Standort: Magazin 4408-485 9
Dance, Dary Cumber (ed.). Fifty Caribbean Writers: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. New York [u.a.]: Greenwood Press, 1986. Standort: B DEQ 4295-332 2
Dash, Michael J. Haiti and the United States: National Stereotypes and the Literary Imagination. Basingstoke u.a.: Macmillan, 1988. Standort: B EIL 4412-417 5
Dash, Michael J. Literature and Ideology in Haiti: 1915-1961. London u.a.: Macmillan, 1981. Standort: B EYB H 4227-089 8
Diedrich, Maria. Black Imagination and the Middle Passage. New York, NY [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 1999. (W.E.B. Du Bois Institute Series) Standort: B EID 4715-353 8
Donnell, Alison (ed.). The Routledge Reader in Caribbean Literature. London [u.a.]: Routledge, 1996. Standort: B EKA 4651-803 5
Glaser, Marlies, and Marion Pausch (eds.). Caribbean Writers between Orality & Writing. Amsterdam [u.a.]: Rodopi, 1994. (Matatu ; 12) Standort: B EFN K 4629-481 2
Harney, Stefano. Nationalism and Identity: Culture and the Imagination in a Caribbean Diaspora. Kingston [Jamaica]: Univ. of the West Indies [u.a.], 1996. Standort: B EFN K 4694-172 5
Newson, Adele S. (ed.). Winds of Change: The Transforming Voices of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars: [The 1996 International Conference of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars held April 24 - 27 at Florida International University]. New York [u.a.]: Lang, 1998. Standort: Magazin 4538-552 8
Ramchand, Kenneth. The West Indian Novel and Its Background. 2.ed. London u.a.: Heinemann, 1983. (Studies in Caribbean Literature) Standort: B DOZ 4271-437 0
Rodriguez, Barbara. Autobiographical Inscriptions: Form, Personhood, and the American Woman Writer of Color. New York, NY [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 1999. Standort: B EHJ 4718-747 8
Adlerberg, Scott. "The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat." Richmond Review. No Date. <http://www.richmondreview.co.uk/books/farming.html>
Allen-Taylor, J. Douglas. „Haïtian Holocaust: Love on the Banks of the Massacre.“ (Review of The Farming of Bones). Metro, October 1-7, 1998. <http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/10.01.98/cover/lit-danticat-9839.html>
„Behind the Books: A Conversation with Edwidge Danticat.“ Random House/Vintage. <April 11, 2001>. <http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/danticat.html>
Cryer, Dan. „_the farming of bones___a novel.“ Review. Salon, August 31, 1998. <http://www.salon.com/books/sneaks/1998/08/31sneaks.html>
Edelman, Dave. „Edwidge Danticat's Krik? Krak!“ Review. Baltimore City Paper, August 23, 1995. <http://www.dave-edelman.com/reviews/danticat.cfm>
Jamison, Laura. "The Exquisite Tales of Edwidge Danticat." (Review of Krik? Krak!). Hearst Examiner, Thursday, October 16, 1995. <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1995/10/26/STYLE4557.dtl>
Knowles, Roberta Q. „Review of Edwidge Danticat: Breath, Eyes, Memory.“ Caribbean Writer, Vol. 8 (1994), pp. 168-169. <http://rps.uvi.edu/CaribbeanWriter/volume8/v8p168.html>
Seaman, Donna. „The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat.“ Review. Booklist, August 1998. <http://www.richmondreview.co.uk/books/farming.html>
Sheanin, Wendy. "Stories Resound With Haiti's Tragedy, Spirit." (Review of Krik? Krak!). San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, May 28, 1995. <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/archive/1995/05/28/RV67811.DTL>
Stephens, Autumn. "Machetes Haunt a Novel: Recalling the 1937 Haitian Massacre." (Review of The Farming of Bones). San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, December 13, 1998. <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?=/chronicle/archive/1998/12/13/RV4882.DTL>
Sutton, Jennifer. „Inheritance.“ Biographical Essay. Brown Alumni Magazine, February 1996. <http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Brown_Alumni_Magazine/96/96-2/features/danticat.html>
Waters, Erika J.. „Review of Edwidge Danticat: Krik? Krak!.“ Caribbean Writer, Vol. 9 (1995), pp. 260-262. <http://rps.uvi.edu/CaribbeanWriter/volume9/v9p260.html>
Interviews with Edwidge Danticat.
Links to Haitian culture, literature, history etc.
History of Haiti - overview.
Vodun - general information about what we call Voodoo.
Haitian Mythology - told as a folk tale, complete with a glossary.
"The River Massacre: The Real and Imagined Borders of Hispaniola" by Michele Wucker, about the 1937 massacre.
„A Case of Mistaken Identity: Antihaitianismo in Dominican Culture“ by Ernesto Sagás, background information on the massacre in 1937.
Here you will find the latest information about the course (if any), and
you can post mails to me at
afripalava@uganda.co.ug.
| Date | Message |
| June 1, 2001 | Dear Students,
some of the themes we will discuss next week include: colour symbolism, the character of Tante Atie, the importance of female kinship in Breath, Eyes, Memory. We will also hear a presentation about Haitian immigrants to the USA. |
| April 18, 2001 | Dear Students,
in today's lecture, Edwidge Danticat's biography was presented (for a summary, see above), we discussed the short story "Lost Shadows and Stick Figures" and we read "Graduation" which we will discuss next week. Also on the programme for next week: "We are Ugly, But We are Here." (All of these texts are available as photocopies or can be downloaded from the Internet). Come and join us on April 25! D.B. |
| April 12, 2001 | Dear Students,
you may join this course either on April 18 or April 25. You will be very welcome. In the first two lectures, I will bring photocopies of stories and essays by Edwidge Danticat. Meanwhile, please order the books so that we can start discussing them as from Week 3 (May 2nd, 2001). We will begin with stories from Krik? Krak! D.B. |
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