The Characteristics of Caribbean Writes in The 19th Century.
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Characteristics of The Caribbean Writers in The 19th Century
There are many stories, poems, and plays written by Caribbean writers in the 19th century. Some of the epic subjects written were the slave trade, decolonization of the Caribbean culture, racism, and economic matters. English was the language many writers preferred, although some used ‘dialect,’ also known as Creole, as a national language. The creole language was coiled from various colonial powers such as Britain and France to facilitate communication between European and indigenous languages (Carrington, 1999). Various writers inspired modern Caribbean literature. One of the exemplary writers was Thomas McDermott’s and Campbell marguerite, among many. Notably, the emergence of a generation of writers continued to show some essential characteristics among the writers.
How did the writers bring a reader into the mind and personality of a character? The use of the epistolary mode of progression in writing was adopted to enhance the reader’s understanding. Paying attention to details always helped the writers into exemplary writing skills. Another character by the Caribbean writers is creating a new literacy space from the colonial language (Km, Huensch & Roullion, 2010). Additionally, a cultural manifestation in different writing styles was among some of the characteristics the writers possessed. Many of the writers were immigrants, and hence incorporating their culture into that of the Caribbean played an essential role in the success of their writing.
Nevertheless, the writers faced some significant challenges in the Caribbean literature (Costa, 1984). While some succeeded, some were left out because of the language barrier. Carrebeans was believed that few writers could understand and communicate in the creole mode of communication. This was the only way of communicating to a reader from a different native speaking country from the writer.
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D’Costa, J. (1984). 1. Expression and Communication: Literary Challenges to the Caribbean Polydialectal Writers. The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 19(1), 123-141.