It is convenient, but properly justified by theme, form and history, to define Guyanese Literature into a number of periods starting from its early beginnings. The two large divisions generally used and acknowledged by scholars are Guyanese Pre-Independence and Post-Indepen-dence Literature. But there are many significant sub-divisions to be recognised within those two eras.
We continue the broad theme of Independence, considering Guyana’s very recent celebration of 49 years as a nation on May 26 last, and in anticipation of the greater commemoration of 50 years to come in 2016. We introduced ways of considering a national literature (Arts On Sunday, May 31, 2015), followed last
