tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7147029108490505546.post3416034531686131100..comments2023-10-05T09:42:27.834-07:00Comments on Pamela Mordecai @ Jahworld: Is there room in Canadian literature for a Caribbean voice?clarabellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046264094193801260noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7147029108490505546.post-69213252526456350922009-03-30T10:43:00.000-07:002009-03-30T10:43:00.000-07:00great post. i'll have to read it again but you've ...great post. i'll have to read it again but you've touched some stuff that i've thought about many a day when writing.Jdidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08493622796742761799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7147029108490505546.post-39503262232232536872009-03-29T16:07:00.000-07:002009-03-29T16:07:00.000-07:00Pam, a literature has to do with community and mem...Pam, a literature has to do with community and memory, so to the extent that a poem/short story or novel captures something that is important for that community to remember, then it becomes something cherished.<BR/><BR/>Of course, when the poem/short story or novel is based on work on Classical myth as is done well--transforming the myth into a local idiom with all of the things we expect in good writing or have you have done with a work from the Bible in De Man, to which anyone who is aware of Christian mythology can relate--and again do it well, then that work could become part of a community's literature.<BR/><BR/>This does not, however, take into consideration community politics, etc. where a writer's work may be ignored for reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of the work.<BR/><BR/>This is along way of saying yes, there may be room in Canadian literature for a Caribbean voice, but it will depend upon the Canadian community to decide whether that voice will become part of their collective memory.Geoffrey Philphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13442948340176713964noreply@blogger.com