French Orientalist Literature in Algeria, 18451882 - Colonial Hauntings

Through literary and historical readings, this book explores how France was haunted by the violence of its colonial efforts in Algeria. Employing literary, philosophical, and archival analyses, it provides a new perspective on literary works from the French colonial period, while addressing questions of history, trauma, memory, and culture.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1 - The Unsettled: Eugène Fromentin's Haunted Journeys
Chapter 2 - Subjectivity Undone: Théophile Gautier's Algeria
Chapter 3 - Battlefields and Barbarians: Salammbô and Its Historical Contexts
Chapter 4 - Le Mal de la Kasbah: Pierre Loti in Algiers
Afterword

About the author

By Sage Goellner

Summary

Through literary and historical readings, this book explores how France was haunted by the violence of its colonial efforts in Algeria. Employing literary, philosophical, and archival analyses, it provides a new perspective on literary works from the French colonial period, while addressing questions of history, trauma, memory, and culture.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Gauthier, Sage Goellner
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781498538725
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3872-5
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France; After the Empire: The Francoph; After the Empire: The Francoph; After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies