Talawa Women: New Caribbean Versioning(s) of Female Biblical Narratives

尽管它在加勒比文化中无处不在，但很少有批评性的论述讨论詹姆斯国王圣经对当代加勒比海诗歌的影响。通过对比洛娜·古迪森、凯·米勒、帕姆·末底改和夸梅·道斯的作品，以及文学中充斥着的人物和比喻，我将探索这一霸权文本的影响。创作部分是通过重新想象圣经中的女性角色来实现的，比如莉莉丝，她的声音在圣经中没有出现。批评元素利用了散居理论，特别是斯图尔特·霍尔的专著《协商加勒比身份》(1993)，以及关于这个被忽视的主题的可用文献数量令人惊讶地有限。

Despite its ubiquitous presence in Caribbean culture there is little critical discourse addressing the influence of the King James Bible on contemporary Caribbean poetry. By contrasting the work of Lorna Goodison, Kei Miller, Pam Mordecai and Kwame Dawes, and the characters and tropes that populate the literature, I will explore the impact of this hegemonic text. The creative component is informed by reimagining female Biblical characters such as Lilith whose voice is absent from scripture. The critical element utilizes diaspora theory particularly Stuart Hall's monograph, Negotiating Caribbean Identities (1993), and the surprisingly limited body of available literature on this neglected subject.