Tidalectic Poetics

Research output: Book/ReportPh.D. thesis

Abstract

The dissertation Tidalectic Poetics analyzes contemporary Anglocreole Caribbean poetry in the cross-section between colonial, environmental and ecological histories. Exploring how the catastrophic consequences of colonization reverberate through time, creating a continued coloniality in Caribbean archipelago, that affects the relation between human and more-than-humans to this very day, the project finds its basis in the poetic-theoretic writing of Barbadian poet, historian, and philosopher Kamau Brathwaite. The study examines the heuristic values of engaging with Brathwaite’s poetic-theoretic writing in decolonial ecological poetry analysis, whilst also drawing on theories and formulations from poetry studies, critical geography, and non-western philosophy. The dissertation strives to demonstrate how Anglocreole Caribbean poetry contributes to a reconsideration of our epistemic categories, and challenges anthropocentric and colonial considerations of time, place and History
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationRoskilde
PublisherRoskilde Universitet
Number of pages173
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Bibliographical note

Supervisor: Heidi Bojsen
Co-supervisor: Carsten Levisen

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