The maroon narrative : Caribbean literature in English across boundaries, ethnicities, and centuries / Cynthia James.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Cynthia.

Series:

Studies in Caribbean literature 1538-9502

Studies in Caribbean literature, 1538-9502

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caribbean literature (English)--History and criticism.

Caribbean literature (English).

Fugitive slaves in literature.

Maroons in literature.

Black people in literature.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Physical Description:

viii, 134 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2002]

Contents:

Introduction: Toward Formulating a Literary History for Caribbean Literature in English 1

1 Conceptualizing the Maroon Narrative 5

Current Descriptions of Caribbean Literature in English 5

Current Literary Maroon Theories 7

Exploring the Maroon Paradigm 11

Defining the Maroon Narrative 14

2 Seventeenth-Century Imperial Narratives 17

Introducing the Protagonists 17

3 Eighteenth-Century Narratives of Colonization and Creolization 25

Travel Narratives and Narratives of Settlement 25

4 Nineteenth-Century Narratives: Narratives of Abandonment 39

Nineteenth-Century Narratives from Diverse Sources 41

5 The Maroon Narrative, 1900-1969 55

Three Progressions Toward Mid-Twentieth-Century 57

6 Migration and the Maroon Narrative of the 1970s and 1980s 69

The British Experience 70

7 Dialogism and Intertextuality in the Maroon Narrative 77

Resistance Dialogue, Sentimental Discourses, and Transformation of Maroon Structures 77

The Dialogue of Resistance and the Language of Leadership 78

Transformations of Maroon Structures in Caribbean Literature 96

8 Gender and Hemispheric Shifts in the Maroon Narrative at the Close of the Twentieth Century 103

The Emergence of the Caribbean Female Writer in the Americas 105

Conclusion: The Caribbean Narrative into the Twenty-First Century 117.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [121]-130) and index.

ISBN:

0325070997

OCLC:

48661273