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Week 1
=**Welcome to the course,** //The World of Literature in English//**. The first thing that we will be doing in the course is looking at the importance of English as a global language. Then we will go on to study some parts of the world other than Great Britain and the United States of America, where English is spoken either as the mother tongue or as the official language of the country.We will look at some of the literature that has been produced in these areas and how it reflects the social background of the country.**= English as an international language. Countries where English is spoken.

The first area we will look at is the one which is nearest to Venezuela, the Caribbean.
The Caribbean

Jamaica-General information Derek Walcott Olive Senior- Criticism

What images of the Cribbean are depicted in the examples we have read of Caribbean literature? What problems do they face?

Comment on the significance of the title of Cicely Waite Smith´s play, // Return to Paradise //

__ Outline for the essay __

1. Your essay must have an introduction a body and a conclusion. 2. It must be between 1000 and 1500 words long. 3. In order to support what you say you must make referneces to the text i.e.quotations. Not all the time, but now and again. 4. Your essay must have a bibliography at the end in which you mention the books, magazines or web pages that you have referred to: 5. Plagiarism will not be accepted. 6. Use formal language when writing your essay, unless you are quoting someone:.