Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction. Conceptualizing creoleness : French Caribbean "postcolonial" discourse. -- La Lézarde : Alienation and the poetics of Antillanité. -- En attendant le bonheur : Creole conjunctions and cultural survival. -- LI̓sole Soleil/Soufrières : textual creolization and cultural identity. -- LA̓utre qui danse : the modalities and multiplicities of Métissage. -- Solibo magnifique : carnival, opposition, and the narration of the Caribbean maroon. -- Conclusion. Creolizing the colonial encounter.
0
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
''Murdoch exploits the postmodern theoretical vocabulary to provide perceptive readings of a selection of French Caribbean novels within the framework of antillanité and créolité.''-- E. Anthony Hurley, State University of New York, Stony BrookAdlai Murdoch offers a detailed rereading of five major contemporary French Caribbean writers--Glissant, Condé, Maximin, Dracius-Pinalie, and Chamoiseau.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Creole identity in the French Caribbean novel.
International Standard Book Number
9780813018355
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Caribbean fiction (French)-- History and criticism.
Creoles in literature.
Créoles dans la littérature.
Roman antillais (français)-- Histoire et critique.