Lecturer in charge: Professor Carolyn Cooper [Room 37 – New Arts Block]

This course allows Level III students to do research on a single major West Indian writer. We begin with seminars on 1) the bibliography of the ‘special author'; 2) research methods and 3) writing the research paper. Students will spend the next five weeks of the course discussing, in seminars, the works of the ‘special author. By the end of the sixth week, each student will submit in writing his/her proposed research topic. For the rest of the course, seminars will consist of students reading parts of their research papers for class discussion. The research paper will be submitted in the final (thirteenth) week of the course.

Prerequisite: A pass in at least one Level II West Indian Literature course at Grade B or higher

Instruction: Two 1½-hour seminars per week

Assessment: Research paper (6,000 words) 100%

Prescribed Texts:

Goodison, Lorna. Baby Mother and the King of Swords (Longman pb)
Goodison, Lorna. Travelling Mercies (McClelland & Stewart pb)
Goodison, Lorna. From Harvey River (McClelland & Stewart (pb)
Goodison, Lorna. Selected Poems ( Univ. of Michigan Press pb)
Goodison, Lorna. Fool-fool Rose is Leaving Labour-in-Vain Savannah (Ian Randle pb)