7/17/2019 Edward Baugh Paragraph

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Marta Werbanowska

Professor Curdella Forbes

ENGG 231

20 September 2015

Edward au!"#s $%&terar' ("eor' and t"e Car&bbean) ("eor'* el&ef and +es&re* or 

+es&!n&n! ("eor', was f&rst presented dur&n! t"e (Re)Thinking Caribbean Culture

-onferen-e &n .une 2001/ r!an&ed about two de-ades after t"e emer!en-e of Car&bbean

l&terar' stud&es as a d&s-&pl&ne* t"e -onferen-e a&med at eam&n&n! and updat&n! t"e e&st&n!

-r&t&-al approa-"es to Car&bbean l&terature/ au!"#s ar!ument seres mu-" t"e same purpose*

as &t 4a problemat&es t"e er' not&on of -r&t&-al t"eor'* and 4b outl&nes Car&bbean l&terar'

 produ-t&on as bot" a pre-ursor and an ep&tome of a postmodern aest"et&- of de6-enter&n!*

flu&d&t'* and parado/ au!" supports t"e latter -la&m w&t" 7uotat&ons from seeral

establ&s"ed Car&bbean aut"ors 4&n-lud&n! pr&mar&l' 8nton&o en&te69o:o* Edward ;amau

rat"wa&te* Edward Gl&ssant* and +erek Wal-ott* po&nt&n! to t"e&r &nestment &n t"e use of 

t"e follow&n!) metap"or and poet&- lan!ua!e as tools for t"e &ndeterm&na-' of mean&n!< non6

l&near and r"&omat&- models of t"&nk&n!< erna-ular and folk tropes su-" as t"e -arn&al< and

t"e &dea of -ultural &dent&t' formed on t"e bas&s of re6fra!mentat&on* &nter-"an!e* and

openness to t"erness/ =n "&s sear-" of a t"eoret&-al framework w"&-" would a--ommodate

for t"e d&fferen-es and tens&ons present w&t"&n t"e mult&far&ous bod' of Car&bbean l&terature*

au!" also notes t"e &mposs&b&l&t' of t"eoret&-al ob:e-t&&t') b' &dent&f'&n! t"eor' as a

sele-t&e lens t"rou!" w"&-" -r&t&-s -"oose to fo-us on -erta&n elements and features of 

-ultural produ-t&on w"&le &!nor&n! ot"ers* "e re6-on-eptual&es -r&t&-al pra-t&-e as one of 

 bel&ef* des&re* and preferen-e rat"er t"an of fa-ts and f&!ures/ >lt&matel'* su-" understand&n!

of t"e role of t"eor' allows for !reater a--eptan-e of "'br&d&t' and &ndeterm&na-' &n -ultural

and l&terar' anal'ses* and opens doors to r&-"er and less restra&ned read&n!s of Car&bbean art/

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