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Francophone literatures : an introductory survey

Author: Belinda Elizabeth Jack
Publisher: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The canon of French literature has been the subject of much debate and now increasingly francophone literatures are demanding more attention in student French literature courses. The first study in English of francophone literatures, this book introduces the diverse bodies of texts in French from the numerous French-speaking areas around the world, with separate sections covering Africa, French Canada, the Creole
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Genre/Form: Einführung
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Jack, Belinda Elizabeth.
Francophone literatures.
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996
(OCoLC)604584816
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Belinda Elizabeth Jack
ISBN: 0198715072 9780198715078 0198715064 9780198715061
OCLC Number: 34557449
Description: 305 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Europe and North America: Belgium ; Switzerland ; Quebec and French Canada --
Creole Islands: Antilles and French Guiana ; Haiti ; Mauritius ; La Réunion --
North Africa and the Near East: The Maghreb ; Algeria ; Morocco ; Tunisia ; Egypt ; Lebanon --
Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar: Sub-Saharan Africa ; Madagascar.
Responsibility: Belinda Jack.
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Abstract:

The canon of French literature has been the subject of much debate and now increasingly francophone literatures are demanding more attention in student French literature courses. The first study in English of francophone literatures, this book introduces the diverse bodies of texts in French from the numerous French-speaking areas around the world, with separate sections covering Africa, French Canada, the Creole Islands, and Europe, and will provide students at both undergraduate and 'A' level with a comprehensive introductory survey of the subject.

Francophone literatures emerge from rich bi- and multi-lingual cultures in part as colonial legacies. They also challenge the monopoly of the French literary tradition. This introductory survey celebrates the linguistic difference of such texts and the creative possibilities offered by deviance from an established tradition, demanding new critical approaches. The texts studied here cast a new light upon French literature in terms of their diverse perspectives upon writing, history, politics, and culture, their violent rewritings, subversive versions and parodies sometimes forming an elaborate pastiche of celebrated Frence texts. Guides to further reading, a select bibliography, and an extensive index combine to make the book an extremely readable introductory overview of a hitherto little explored area.

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