| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 307 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Francophone postcolonial studies. New series ; v. 1
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Francophone postcolonial studies ; new ser., v. 1.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: What Does Littérature-monde Mean for French, Francophone and Postcolonial Studies?; From World Literature to Littérature-monde: Genre, History and the Globalization of Literature; Postcolonialism, Politics and the 'Becoming-Transnational' of French Studies; Mapping Littérature-monde; Afterword: The 'World' in World Literature; Appendix: Toward a 'World-Literature' in French; Notes on Contributors. |
| Summary |
The 2007 manifesto in favour of a "Littérature-monde en français" has generated new debates in both "francophone" and "postcolonial" studies. Praised by some for breaking down the hierarchical division between "French" and "Francophone" literatures, the manifesto has been criticized by others for recreating that division through an exoticizing vision that continues to privilege the publishing industry of the former colonial métropole. Does the manifesto signal the advent of a new critical paradigm destined to render obsolescent those of "francophone" and/or "postcolonial" studies? Or is it sim. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
French literature -- Foreign countries -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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French literature -- Foreign countries. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Postcolonialism in literature.
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Postcolonialism in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Hargreaves, Alec G.
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Forsdick, Charles.
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Murphy, David, 1971-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hargreaves, Alec G. Transnational French Studies : Postcolonialism and Littérature-monde. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, ©2010 9781846314834 |
| ISBN |
9781846316265 (electronic book) |
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184631626X (electronic book) |
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9781846314834 |
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1846314836 |
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