Nuevos cursos Optativos de Profundización

Cursos nuevos en Inglés

2do. Semestre 2020

I.           DESCRIPCIÓN DEL CURSO

This course examines performative language from a sociolinguistic and gender theory perspective.

The focus will be on the relevance of language and linguistic expression in the construction of identities, with particular care on how the theory and practice have changed and developed in the past decades. In addition, key concepts and themes such as gender, sexuality and representation will be explored and analyzed in different linguistic landscapes.

II.         DESCRIPCIÓN DEL CURSO

This course offers a survey of 20th-century Afro-Caribbean literature in English, focusing on the dynamic relationship between written and oral forms of expression, particularly in the genres of novel, poetry and popular music like calypso and reggae. We will study how writers and musicians use their mediums to represent relevant issues afflicting the region, such as decolonization, diaspora, cultural identity, and language. Readings will alternate between creative and critical works by a diverse group of authors from around the region (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Guyana and St. Martin).