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Experimental nations, or, The invention of the Maghreb /
Jean-Paul Sartre's famous question, "For whom do we write?" strikes close to home for francophone writers from the Maghreb. Do these writers address their compatriots, many of whom are illiterate or read no French, or a broader audience beyond Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia? In Experim...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2003.
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| Colección: | Translation/transnation.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Jean-Paul Sartre's famous question, "For whom do we write?" strikes close to home for francophone writers from the Maghreb. Do these writers address their compatriots, many of whom are illiterate or read no French, or a broader audience beyond Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia? In Experimental Nations, Reda Bensmaia argues powerfully against the tendency to view their works not as literary creations worth considering for their innovative style or language but as "ethnographic" texts and to appraise them only against the "French literary canon." He casts fresh light on the original literary strateg |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 215 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400825646 1400825644 9780691089362 0691089361 9780691089379 069108937X |