04/12 P. Corcoran, The Cambridge Introduction to Francophone Literature

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 [...] Lire la suite sur Infos Fabula

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