Language and Literary Form in French Caribbean Writing Contributor(s): Britton, Celia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1781387214 ISBN-13: 9781781387214 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
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BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American |
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Publisher Description: 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. |