23042: Oakley: "dread" analogy in Haiti (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Seanna Oakley <ssoakley@umich.edu>

Hello! I am new to this listserv. I have a question regarding Haitian creative
literature.

I am wondering if anyone knows of an analogous concept in Haitian culture to the
Jamaican concept of "dread."  I'm having a hard time pinpointing a term,
although the ambiance is there in the literature. So far, I've found "effroi"
and "épouvante" but these don't seem to have been raised to the same level of
concept as "dread" in Jamaican work. Any advice much appreciated in advance.

Thanks,
Seanna Oakley

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Seanna Sumalee Oakley
Visiting Assistant Professor
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities
Program in Comparative Literature
2015 Tisch Hall
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1003
Tel: (734) 615-7212
Email: ssoakley@umich.edu