Experimental Nations : Or, the Invention of the Maghreb /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bensmaïa, Reda
Other Authors: Waters, Alyson, 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Frans.
Letterkunde.
Beeldvorming.
Natievorming.
North African literature (French)
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Litterature maghrebine (française) > Histoire et critique.
North African literature (French) > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : is an "experimental" nation possible?
  • Nations of writers
  • Cities of writers
  • Nabile fares, or how to become "minoritarian"
  • Postcolonial nations : political or poetic allegories? (On Tahar Djaout's L'invention du desert)
  • (Hi)stories of expatriation : virtual countries
  • Multilingualism and national "traits"
  • The cartography of the nation : Mouloud Feraoun's Le fils du pauvre revisited
  • By way of a conclusion.

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