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The Cambridge introduction to Francophone literature /

0521614937 (pbk.)

0521849713 (hbk.)

9780521614931 (pbk.)

9780521849715 (hbk.)

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The Cambridge introduction to Francophone literature /

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Patrick Corcoran.

New York :

Cambridge University Press,

2007.

vii, 266 p. ;

23 cm.

Cambridge introductions to literature

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-261) and index.

Introduction. The francophone world ; Conceptualising francophonie ; Historicism and historiography ; Postcolonial theory and francophone literature -- The Maghreb. Overview ; Mouloud Feraoun ; Mohammed Dib ; Kateb Yacine ; Driss Chrabi ; Albert Memmi ; Rachid Boudjedra ; Assia Djebar ; Tahar Ben Jelloun -- Sub-Saharan Africa. Overview ; Henri Lopes ; Ahmadou Kourouma ; Sony Labou Tansi ; Ken Bugul -- Oceania -- Middle East. Overview ; Mauritius ; Ananda Devi ; La Runion ; Axel Gauvin ; Madagascar ; Raharimanana ; The Middle East ; Amin Maalouf ; Albert Cossery -- Canada. Overview ; Gabrielle Roy ; Anne Hbert ; Marie-Claire Blais ; Jacques Godbout ; Rjean Ducharme -- The Caribbean. Overview. Ngritude, antillanit and crolit ; Aim Csaire ; Frantz Fanon ; Patrick Chamoiseau ; Raphal Confiant ; Edouard Glissant ; Ernest Ppin ; Maryse Cond ; Haiti.

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A stimulating overview of the literature of French-speaking nations in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.

The literature of French-speaking countries forms a distinct body of work quite separate from literature written in France itself, offering a passionate creative engagement with their postcolonial cultures. This book provides an introduction to the literatures that have emerged in the French-speaking countries and regions of the world in recent decades, illustrating their astonishing breadth and diversity, and exploring their constant state of tension with the literature of France. The study opens with a wide-ranging discussion of the idea of francophonie. Each chapter then provides readers with historical background to a particular region and identifies the key issues that have influenced the emergence of a literature in French, before going on to examine in detail a selection of the major writers. These case studies tackle many of the key authors of the francophone world, as well as new, up-and-coming authors writing today.--Publisher description.

Francophone literature

French literature-- French-speaking countries-- History and criticism.

Corcoran, Patrick,1951-

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