Description: From Francophonie to World Literature in French : Ethics, Poetics, & Politics, Hardcover by Migraine-George, Therese, ISBN 0803246366, ISBN-13 9780803246362, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In 2007 the French newspaper Le Monde published a manifesto titled &;Toward a &;World Literature&; in French,&; signed by forty-four writers, many from France&;s former colonies. Proclaiming that the francophone label encompassed people who had little in common besides the fact that they all spoke French, the manifesto&;s proponents, the so-called francophone writers themselves, sought to energize a battle cry against the discriminatory effects and prescriptive claims of francophonie. In one of the first books to study the movement away from the term &;francophone&; to &;world literature in French,&; Thérèse Migraine-George engages a literary analysis of contemporary works in exploring the tensions and theoretical debates surrounding world literature in French. She focuses on works by a diverse group of contemporary French-speaking writers who straddle continents&;Nina Bouraoui, Hélène Cixous, Maryse Condé, Marie NDiaye, Tierno Monénembo, and Lyonel Trouillot. What these writers have in common beyond their use of French is their resistance to the centralizing power of a language, their rejection of exclusive definitions, and their claim for creative autonomy.
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Book Title: From Francophonie to World Literature in French : Ethics, Poetics
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Publication Name: From Francophonie to World Literature in French : Ethics, Poetics, and Politics
Language: English
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication Year: 2013
Subject: Caribbean & Latin American, European / French, African
Item Height: 1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 21.2 Oz
Subject Area: Literary Criticism
Author: Thérèse Migraine-George
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
