Course Offerings

Fall 2026

6621. Caribbean Literature and Thought

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Examination of hispanophone, francophone, and anglophone works of literature and thought from the 20th and 21st century insular and coastal Caribbean. Course discussions focus on the aesthetic and conceptual strategies Caribbean writers employ in response to the literary, intellectual, and sociopolitical contexts that bring their work into being.


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Faculty Contact Information - Fall 2026


Salvador Vidal-Ortiz — sav03001@uconn.edu
Celines Villalba Rosado — villalba@uconn.edu
Liliana Oliveira — liliana.oliveira@uconn.edu
Rodolfo Fernandez — rodolfo.fernandez@uconn.edu
Ariel Lambe — ariel.lambe@uconn.edu
Paulo Contreras — paulo.contreras@uconn.edu
Ricardo Salazar-Rey — ricardo.salazar-rey@uconn.edu
Anne Gebelein — anne.gebelein@uconn.edu
Katerina Seligmann — kgonzalez.seligmann@uconn.edu
Luz Burgos Lopez — luz.burgos_lopez@uconn.edu
Charles Venator-Santiago — charles.venator@uconn.edu
Diana Rios — diana.rios@uconn.edu
Dexter Gabriel — dexter.gabriel@uconn.edu
Alexandra Lamina — alexandra.lamina@uconn.edu
Guillermo Irizarry —guillermo.irizarry@uconn.edu
Jacqueline Loss — jacqueline.loss@uconn.edu