Connecting Histories : Francophone Caribbean Writers Interrogating Their Past /

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"The francophone Caribbean boasts a veritable treasure trove of literary gems. Distinguished by innovative, elegant writing and thought-provoking methods of engaging with questions of history and identity, this exciting body of work demands attention. Its authors treat the traumatic legacies of...

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Main Author: Thomas, Bonnie, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Psychic trauma in literature.
Memory in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
History in literature.
Caribbean literature (French)
Caribbean literature (English)
Authors, Caribbean.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
Histoire dans la litterature.
Memoire dans la litterature.
Traumatisme psychique dans la litterature.
Identite (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Écrivains antillais > 21e siecle > Biographies.
Écrivains antillais > 20e siecle > Biographies.
Litterature antillaise (anglaise) > 21e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature antillaise (anglaise) > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature antillaise (française) > 21e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature antillaise (française) > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Authors, Caribbean > 21st century > Biography.
Authors, Caribbean > 20th century > Biography.
Caribbean literature (English) > 21st century > History and criticism.
Caribbean literature (English) > 20th century > History and criticism.
Caribbean literature (French) > 21st century > History and criticism.
Caribbean literature (French) > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : History, Memory, and Trauma in the Francophone Caribbean
  • Maryse Conde : Filling in the Gaps of "Herstor"
  • Gisele Pineau : Writing as Therapy
  • Patrick Chamoiseau : Memory, Relation, and the Creolized Imaginary
  • Edwidge Danticat : Connecting the Political and Personal
  • Dany Laferriere : "I Write as I Live"
  • Conclusion.

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