The author as cannibal : rewriting in francophone literature as a postcolonial genre, 1969-1995 /

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After French colonial rule ended, Francophone authors began rewriting narratives from the colonial literary canon. Felisa Vergara Reynolds presents these textual revisions as figurative acts of cannibalism and examines how these literary cannibalizations critique colonialism and its legacy in each a...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reynolds, Felisa Vergara (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Césaire, Aimé. > Tempête.
Diop, Boubacar Boris, > 1946- > Temps de Tamango.
Djebar, Assia, > 1936-2015. > Amour, la fantasia.
Condé, Maryse. > Migration des cœurs.
Conde, Maryse. > Migration des coeurs.
Cesaire, Aime. > Tempête.
Amour, la fantasia (Djebar, Assia)
Tempête (Césaire, Aimé)
1900-1999
West Indian literature (French) > History and criticism.
African literature (French) > History and criticism.
Literature > Adaptations > History and criticism.
Postcolonialism in literature.
French literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Littérature antillaise (française) > Histoire et critique.
Littérature africaine (française) > Histoire et critique.
Littérature > Adaptations > Histoire et critique.
Postcolonialisme dans la littérature.
Littérature française > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French.
African literature (French)
French literature.
Literature > Adaptations.
West Indian literature (French)
Interview
interviews.
Literary criticism.
Interviews.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Aimé Césaire's Une tempête, Cannibalizing Shakespeare's The Tempest
  • or, Who's Laughing Now?
  • 2. Boubacar Boris Diop's Le temps de Tamango, a Postmodern Cannibalization
  • or, Penetrating "Fortress Europe"
  • 3. Assia Djebar's L'amour, la fantasia, a Historiographic Cannibalization
  • or, Dismantling/Decolonizing History
  • 4. Maryse Condé's La migration des coeurs, Cannibalizing Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights
  • or, a Sublime Phagocytosis
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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