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Autobiography and Independence : Selfhood and Creativity in Postcolonial African Writing in French.

This book offers an in-depth study of the autobiographical writings of four twentieth-century writers from North Africa, Assia Djebar, Mouloud Feraoun, Abdelkbir Khatibi and Albert Memmi, as they explore issues of language, identity and the individuals relationship to history. The book places these...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kelly, Debra
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2005.
Colección:Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures, 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Copyright Acknowledgements; Introduction: A Place in the Word; 1: Life/Writing in the Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts; 2: Mouloud Feraoun: Life Story, Life-Writing, History; 3: Albert Memmi: Fictions of Identity and the Quest for Truth; 4: Abdelkébir Khatibi: The Deciphering of Memory and the Potential of Postcolonial Identity; 5: Assia Djebar: History, Selfhood and the Possession of Knowledge; Conclusion: A Place in the World; Notes; Bibliography; Index.