Studies in Literature and Language
Caribbean Narrative Genre and Its Pertinent Contemporary Literary Traumatic Avant-Gardism in Caryl Phillips’ Writings
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This paper attempts to unravel the characteristics of Caribbean literature through some vernacular works. In this respect, it will trace the historical, cultural, psychological, and social attributes of Caribbean literature. These will be accentuated as the core conceptual consideration of the Caryl Phillips’ writings which reflect the true sense of vernacular style. Such style copes with the recent avant-garde literary genres, especially the novels, which have profound impact on the way by which readers perceive the implied narrative nuances of contemporary literature that deals with traumatic experience. The discussion sheds light on the latent peculiarities of the Caribbean literature and how it is projected in the course of the narrative genres. In doing so, the study reveals the traditional and contemporary writings modes utilized by Caribbean novelists including Phillips. Such modes provide the readers with stereotypical notions about the function of narrative literature and its influence upon the audience concerning trauma. Therefore, the study’s methodology will be a textual description of contemporary Caribbean literature and some related novels by Phillips.
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