| Transnational French Studies: Postcolonialism and Littérature-Monde Contributor(s): Hargreaves, Alec G. (Editor), Forsdick, Charles (Editor), Murphy, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1846318106 ISBN-13: 9781846318108 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $54.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French |
| Dewey: 840.900 |
| Physical Information: 307 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 simply a passing fad, a glitzy but ephemeral publicity stunt generated and promoted by writers and publishing executives vis-à-vis whom scholars and critics should maintain a skeptical distance? Does it offer an all-embracing transnational vista leading beyond the confines of postcolonialism or reintroduce an incipient form of neocolonialism even while proclaiming the end of the centre/periphery divide? In address |
