Petrifyin’: Canonical Counter-Discourse in Two Caribbean Women’s Medusa Poems

This essay utilizes Helen Tiffin’s idea of canonical counter-discourse to read the Medusa poems of Shara McCallum and Dorothea Smartt, two female Caribbean poets. Essentially, canonical counter-discourse involves authors rewriting works or giving voice to peripheral/silenced characters from the lite...

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Main Author: Phillip Zapkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/11/1/24