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| Ph.D. English York University M.A. English York University B.A. English University of the West Indies Lecturer Department of Literatures in English University of the West Indies Global Visiting Lecturer Fairleigh Dickinson University | Norval EdwardsGlobal Visiting LecturerI am a lecturer in the Department of Literatures in English at the Mona (Jamaica) campus of the University of the West Indies. I have been at UWI since September 1991, a rather long time to be in one place, but I like the challenge of working in a regional Caribbean institution, particularly because of my abiding interest in Caribbean literature and culture. I teach courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in postcolonial literature and theory, West Indian literature, literary theory, African-American literature, and modern prose fiction. I have published articles on Paul Gilroy, and on Caribbean writers such as Derek Walcott, David Dabydeen, Sylvia Wynter, and Lindsay Barrett, colonial travel writing, and reggae and nationalism. As a member of a small department, I am often called on to teach a medley of courses ranging from Shakespeare to dub poetry, hence my appreciation for the eclecticism and interdisciplinary focus of a course like FDU's "The Global Challenge." I am a bit of a "techie", having owned a PC since the frontier days of the early 1980s, so I am excited by the synthesis of online technology and distance education. I am sure that I will learn a lot from participating in this project, and I hope that I can introduce FDU students to some Caribbean perspectives on global issues, particularly those of conflict and terrorism.Links of interest: University of the West Indies, Mona campus Email address: neddie@jol.com.jm | ||
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