| Writing After Postcolonialism: Francophone North African Literature in Transition Contributor(s): Hiddleston, Jane (Author), Cheyette, Bryan (Editor), Eve, Martin Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1350104922 ISBN-13: 9781350104921 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $46.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature - Literary Criticism | European - French |
| Series: New Horizons in Contemporary Writing |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.93 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Focusing on francophone writing from North Africa as it has developed since the 1980s, Writing After Postcolonialism explores the extent to which the notion of 'postcolonialism' is still resonant for literary writers a generation or more after independence, and examines the troubled status of literature in society and politics during this period. Whilst analysing the ways in which writers from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia have reacted to political unrest and social dissatisfaction, Jane Hiddleston offers a compelling reflection on literature's ability to interrogate the postcolonial nation as well as on its own uncertain role in the current context. The book sets out both to situate the recent generation of francophone writers in North Africa in relation to contemporary politics, to postcolonial theory, and evolving notions of 'world literature, and to probe the ways in which a new and highly sophisticated set of writers reflect on the very notion of 'the literary' during this period of transition. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cheyette, Bryan: - Bryan Cheyette is Professor of English at the University of Reading, UK. His previous publications include Between 'Race' and Culture: Representations of 'the Jew' in English and American Literature (Stanford University Press, 1995).Hiddleston, Jane: - Jane Hiddleston is Fellow and Tutor in French at Exeter College, University of Oxford, UK. Her previous books include Understanding Postcolonialism (2009) and Postructuralism and Postcoloniality (2010). |