From Francophonie to World Literature in French - Ethics, Poetics, and Politics

Informationen zum Autor Thérèse Migraine-George is an associate professor in the department of Romance languages and literatures at the University of Cincinnati. She is the author of African Women and Representation: From Performance to Politics and two books in French. Klappentext Th¿se Migraine-George is an associate professor in the department of Romance languages and literatures at the University of Cincinnati. She is the author of African Women and Representation: From Performance to Politics and two books in French. Zusammenfassung Therese Migraine-George engages a literary analysis of contemporary works in exploring the tensions and theoretical debates surrounding world literature in French. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Francophonie and Littérature-Monde, Friends or Foes?1. Writing as Mimicry: Tierno Monénembo’s Colonial Avatar2. Writing as Desire: Nina Bouraoui and Hélène Cixous3. Writing as Otherness: Marie NDiaye’s Inalterable Humanity4. Writing as Explosion: Maryse Condé’s Transnational TextualBodies5. Writing as Remembering: Lyonel Trouillot on Love and HaitiConclusion: Toward a Literature of Mobility and HospitalityNotesReferencesIndex

Product details

• Authors: Thaeraese Migraine-George, Therese Migraine-George, Thérèse Migraine-George
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2013
• EAN: 9780803246362
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-4636-2
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Französisch, Afrika, Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American