Dr. Michelene Adams
Lecturer, Literatures in English
I have taught a wide range of undergraduate courses at four institutions in three countries. Of course, this has required research in several areas, but my area of interest is Postcolonial literature, particularly Caribbean women’s writing. I have published in this area in a few literary journals and in one book. I also have an interest in Creative Writing and have a few publications in periodicals and in two books.
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Qualification
- PhD, English Literature, The University of New Brunswick, Canada
- MA, Creative Writing and English Literature, the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- BA, Creative Writing, York University, Ontario, Canada
Research Interests
- Postcolonial studies
- Folk culture
- Folklore
- Traditional spirituality
Featured Work
- “The Spider and the Ghost in the Machine: Erna Brodber’s Louisiana and Kamau Brathwaite’s ‘Namsetoura’” Tout Moun: Caribbean Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, May 2018
- https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/toutmoun/papers/may18/Tout_Moun_May_2018_Vol_4_No_1-ADAMS.pdf
- “The Half Has Never Been Told: Revisioning West Indian History in Myal.” Journal of West Indian Literature, vol 18, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 160-80.
- “Erna Brodber.” The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction. 24 Dec 2010. Wiley Online Library.
- https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444337822.wbetcfv3b008
- “Jamaica Kincaid’s The Autobiography of My Mother: Allegory and Self-Writing as Counter-Discourse.” Anthurium, vol 4, no.1, 2006, http://anthurium.miami.edu/volume_4/issue_1/adams-jamaica.html
- “The Amerindian Encounters the Conquistador: Jamaica Kincaid’s ‘Ovando.’” Sargasso, no. 1, 2005-2006, pp. 141-48.
- “The Aboriginal Version: Erna Brodber’s ‘One Bubby Susan.’” The College of the Bahamas Research Journal, vol. 12, 2003, pp. 26-31.
Courses Taught
- West Indian Literature in all genres
- Caribbean Women’s Literature in all genres
- Modern British Literature
- Introduction to Literature
- Introduction to Poetry
- African Drama, Poetry and Orature
