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Singular Performances: Reinscribing the Subject in Francophone African Writing
Michael Syrotinski
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Description for Singular Performances: Reinscribing the Subject in Francophone African Writing
Paperback. Francophone writing is often concerned with questions of subjectivity and narrative agency, and this is the focus this volume takes as its point of departure. What emerges is the subject understood not as a single entity but as a plural celebration of singular francophone African subjectivites. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 349.
Francophone writing is often concerned with questions of subjectivity and narrative agency, and its is this focus Michael Syrotinski, the author, takes as his point of departure in this volume. Using the works of V.Y. Mudimbe as a major theoretical reference, Syrotinski sets up a number of dialogues between francophone Africa literature, African philosophy, literary theory, postcolonial studies, cinema, cultural studies and history to arrive at the notion of a ""performative reinscription of subjectivity"". This text covers a wide range of francophone African writers, each of whom is read within a broader theoretical context related to African subjectivity: Mudimbe and ... Read more
Francophone writing is often concerned with questions of subjectivity and narrative agency, and its is this focus Michael Syrotinski, the author, takes as his point of departure in this volume. Using the works of V.Y. Mudimbe as a major theoretical reference, Syrotinski sets up a number of dialogues between francophone Africa literature, African philosophy, literary theory, postcolonial studies, cinema, cultural studies and history to arrive at the notion of a ""performative reinscription of subjectivity"". This text covers a wide range of francophone African writers, each of whom is read within a broader theoretical context related to African subjectivity: Mudimbe and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813921457
SKU
V9780813921457
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About Michael Syrotinski
Michael Syrotinski, Reader in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, is the author of Defying Gravity: Jean Paulhan's Interventions in Twentieth-Century French Intellectual History and coeditor of Sensual Reading: New Approaches to Reading in Its Relations to the Senses.
Reviews for Singular Performances: Reinscribing the Subject in Francophone African Writing
One of the refreshing aspects of Singular Performances is that, in addition to its depth, it covers an extraordinary historical breadth, from Dadie's forgotten Climbie to Monenembo's Cinema, while offering stunningly new readings of the established 'classics' along the way. - Aliko Songolo, University of Wisconsin, Madison