File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postcolonial_2000/postcolonial.0008, message 220


Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:05:13 -0700
Subject: Re: Ship narratives


>In a message dated 8/28/00 2:02:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>emd23-AT-cornell.edu writes:
>
><< Hi Everyone
> I am putting together a syllabus which looks at trans-oceanic journeys
> written by poco writers where a good portion of the narrative takes place on
> a ship. I have a list of the obvious suspects--Lamming, Hearne, Walcott,
> Danticat etc. I am trying to find other works (any genre, including
> history/theory) beyond Afro-Caribbean. Any suggestions? Thanks, Liz >>


Umberto Eco's 'The Island of the Day Before' might be a good addition.
Maureen Perkins
Curtin University




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