The Cambridge introduction to Francophone literature /
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-speakin...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Cambridge introductions to literature.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. The francophone world ; Conceptualising francophonie ; Historicism and historiography ; Postcolonial theory and francophone literature
- 1. The Maghreb. Overview ; Mouloud Feraoun ; Mohammed Dib ; Kateb Yacine ; Driss Chraïbi ; Albert Memmi ; Rachid Boudjedra ; Assia Djebar ; Tahar Ben Jelloun
- 2. Sub-Saharan Africa. Overview ; Henri Lopes ; Ahmadou Kourouma ; Sony Labou Tansi ; Ken Bugul 3. Oceania
- Middle East. Overview ; Mauritius ; Ananda Devi ; La Réunion ; Axel Gauvin ; Madagascar ; Raharimanana ; The Middle East ; Amin Maalouf ; Albert Cossery
- 4. Canada. Overview ; Gabrielle Roy ; Anne Hébert ; Marie-Claire Blais ; Jacques Godbout ; Réjean Ducharme
- 5. The Caribbean. Overview. Négritude, antillanité and créolité ; Aimé Césaire ; Frantz Fanon ; Patrick Chamoiseau ; Raphaël Confiant ; Edouard Glissant ; Ernest Pépin ; Maryse Condé ; Haiti
- Conclusion.
