Autobiography And Independence - Selfhood Creativity in North African Postcolonical Writing in French

Informationen zum Autor Debra Kelly is a senior lecturer in modern languages at the University of Westminster. She is the author of, among other books, Pierre Albert-Birot: A Poetics in Movement, a Poetics of Movement. Klappentext In "Autobiography and Independence," Debra Kelly examines four accomplished Francophone North African writers--Mouland Feroan, Assia Djebar, Albert Memmi, and Abdelkebir Khatibi--to illuminate the complex relationship of a writer's work to cultural and national histories. The legacies of colonialism and the difficulties of nationalism run throughout all four writers' works, yet in their striking individuality, the four demonstrate the ways in which such heritages are refracted through a writer's personal history. This book will be of interest to students of Francophone literature, colonialism, and African history and culture.

About the author

Debra Kelly is a senior lecturer in modern languages at the University of Westminster. She is the author of, among other books, Pierre Albert-Birot: A Poetics in Movement, a Poetics of Movement.

Product details

• Authors: Debra Kelly
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2005
• EAN: 9780853236597
• ISBN: 978-0-85323-659-7
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND FRANCO; CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND FRANCO
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies