Language & Literature : St Lucia

This pathfinder includes information about languages in St. Lucia and St. Lucian writer Derek Walcott, Nobel Prize in Literature 1992. In addition to Lambros Comitas' work [The Complete Caribbeana, 1900-1975: A Bibliographic Guide to the Scholarly Literature. (Millwood, NY: KTO Press, Research Institute for the Study of Man) 4 vols, 2193 pages, 1977.], the most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning St. Lucia is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 140 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/).   Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form.   One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to St. Lucia is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/stlucia/).

LANGUAGES OF ST. LUCIA  (http://www.ethnologue.com/show%5Fcountry.asp?name=St.+Lucia)
This report includes information on spoken living languages in St. Lucia. This Web page is part of Ethnologue.com, a Web site owned by SIL International, a service organization that works with people who speak the world's lesser-known languages. In English.

THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 1992: DEREK WALCOTT  (http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1992/)
Provides information about Dereck Walcott (born in St. Lucia in 1930), "for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment." Part of the e-Museum Web site. In English.

ST. LUCIAN FRENCH CREOLE (KWEYOL)  (http://www.siu.edu/departments/cola/ling/reports/stlucian/stlucian.htm)
Features a paper written by Ed Ford and Leonie St. Juste-Jean (Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.) This paper provides a brief introduction to the history of Saint Lucia. It includes a descriptive analysis of the St. Lucian French Creole and information on sociolinguistics aspects in Saint Lucia. Also includes language samples (written and digital audio samples.) In English.