Author : Carel de Haseth
Publisher : Postcolonial Studies
ISBN 13 : 9781433118210
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Founding Fictions of the Dutch Caribbean by : Carel de Haseth
Download or read book Founding Fictions of the Dutch Caribbean written by Carel de Haseth and published by Postcolonial Studies. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carel de Haseth's novella Slave and Master (Katibu di Shon), written in the Creole language Papiamentu, dramatizes the August 17, 1795 slave revolt on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao. The story is told through an alternating series of dramatic monologues by two key characters: Luis, a slave, and a leader of the revolt; and Shon Welmu, his childhood friend and white heir to the slave plantation. The exposition begins shortly after the revolt has been crushed, as Luis awaits his brutal execution, and it ends with his preemptive suicide. The theme is the acceptance of the inevitablity of emancipation. Founding Fictions of the Dutch Caribbean: Carel de Haseth's Slave and Master (Katibu di Shon) is suitable for courses on Caribbean literature and postcolonial literature, and will be of great interest to readers of fiction in general.