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Against Autobiography : Albert Memmi and the Production of Theory.
The work of Tunisian Jewish intellectual Albert Memmi, like that of many francophone Maghrebian writers, is often read as thinly veiled autobiography. Questioning the prevailing body of criticism, which continues this interpretation of most fiction produced by francophone North African writers, Lia...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
University of Nebraska Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The work of Tunisian Jewish intellectual Albert Memmi, like that of many francophone Maghrebian writers, is often read as thinly veiled autobiography. Questioning the prevailing body of criticism, which continues this interpretation of most fiction produced by francophone North African writers, Lia Nicole Brozgal shows how such interpretations of Memmi's texts obscure their not inconsiderable theoretical possibilities.Calling attention to the ambiguous status of autobiographical discursive and textual elements in Memmi's work, Brozgal shifts the focus from the author to theoretic. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-214) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1299993060 9781299993068 9780803240421 0803240422 9780803248298 0803248296 |