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Language and Literary Form in French Caribbean Writing (Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures)
Celia Britton
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Description for Language and Literary Form in French Caribbean Writing (Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures)
Hardcover. This book links postcolonial theory with structuralism and poststructuralism to show how analysis of the textual illuminates the political and ideological positions of French Caribbean writers. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2ADF; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
This book analyses French Caribbean writing from the point of view of its language and literary form - questions which until recently were somewhat neglected in postcolonial studies but are now becoming an important area of research. Britton supplements postcolonial theory with structuralism and poststructuralism to show how analysis of the textual illuminates the political and ideological positions of the writers. Topics including genre, intertextuality, narrative voice, discursive agency, orality, the ‘creolization’ of languages and the renewal of realism are discussed in relation to Glissant, Césaire, Ménil, Chamoiseau, Confiant, Depestre, Condé, Schwarz-Bart, Pineau and Maximin.
This book analyses French Caribbean writing from the point of view of its language and literary form - questions which until recently were somewhat neglected in postcolonial studies but are now becoming an important area of research. Britton supplements postcolonial theory with structuralism and poststructuralism to show how analysis of the textual illuminates the political and ideological positions of the writers. Topics including genre, intertextuality, narrative voice, discursive agency, orality, the ‘creolization’ of languages and the renewal of realism are discussed in relation to Glissant, Césaire, Ménil, Chamoiseau, Confiant, Depestre, Condé, Schwarz-Bart, Pineau and Maximin.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781380369
SKU
V9781781380369
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About Celia Britton
Celia Britton is Emeritus Professor at University College London.
Reviews for Language and Literary Form in French Caribbean Writing (Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures)
'Britton makes an unanswerable case for a rebalancing of textually-based and world-based reading, a rebalancing of critical attention to language and form on the one hand, representation and political positioning on the other.' Mary Gallagher This publication, though consisting of previously published material, in its cumulative effect and sustained attention across the field as a whole, demonstrates the incisive ... Read more