CORCORAN, Patrick, The Cambridge Introduction to Francophone Literature, New York, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Introductions to Literature), 2007, 274 p.
ISBN-13 9780521614931
RÉSUMÉ
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.
TABLE DES MATIÈRES
Introduction 1
The francophone world 1
Conceptualising francophonie 6
Historicism and historiography 13
Postcolonial theory and francophone
literature 21
Chapter 1 The Maghreb 27
Overview 27
Mouloud Feraoun 38
Mohammed Dib 43
Kateb Yacine 48
Driss Chraïbi 51
Albert Memmi 56
Rachid Boudjedra 60
Assia Djebar 64
Tahar Ben Jelloun 71
Chapter 2 Sub-Saharan Africa 75
Overview 75
Henri Lopes 86
Ahmadou Kourouma 92
Sony Labou Tansi 97
Ken Bugul 102
Chapter 3 Oceania – Middle East 109
Overview 109
Mauritius 111
Ananda Devi 112
La Réunion 117
Axel Gauvin 118
Madagascar 124
Raharimanana 126
TheMiddle East 129
Amin Maalouf 130
Albert Cossery 133
Chapter 4 Canada 138
Overview 138
Gabrielle Roy 152
Anne Hébert 157
Marie-Claire Blais 164
Jacques Godbout 170
Réjean Ducharme 175
Chapter 5 The Caribbean 180
Overview 180
Négritude, antillanité and créolité 184
Aimé Césaire 199
Frantz Fanon 204
Patrick Chamoiseau 207
Raphaël Confiant 213
Edouard Glissant 218
Ernest Pépin 226
Maryse Condé 228
Haiti 233
Conclusion 239
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