The body in Francophone literature : historical, thematic and aesthetic perspectives / edited by El Hadji Malick Ndiaye and Moussa Sow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ndiaye, El Hadji Malick, editor.

Sow, Moussa, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--French-speaking countries--History and criticism.

French literature.

French-speaking countries.

Mind and body in literature.

Human body in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 174 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

"Much of Francophone literature is a response to an elaborate discourse that served to bolster colonial French notions of national grandeur and to justify expansion of French territories overseas. Drawing on various Francophone texts, this collection of new essays offers a compelling study of the literary body--both corporeal and figurative"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Socializing Bodies

Perceived Body, Figurative Body / Isaac Bazié Bazié, Isaac 14

The Body of the Reader-Author: The Case of Michel Tremblay / Sara Bédard-Goulet Bédard-Goulet, Sara 26

Embodying Diasporic Identity: Materiality, Transformation and Creation in the Work of Abdellah Taïa / Ryan K. Schroth Schroth, Ryan K. 42

"Opacité charnelle": Reading Botanical Metaphors of Creole Identity in Patrick Chamoiseau's "L'esclave vieil homme et le molosse" / Nadége Dufort Dufort, Nadége 58

Postmodern and Postcolonial Francophone African Autofictional Strategies of the Writing of the Self / Karen Ferreira-Meyers Ferreira-Meyers, Karen 72

Part II Performing Bodies

Performative Bodies in Nina Bouraoui's Garçon manquéé / Ann-Sophie Persson Persson, Ann-Sophie 84

Corporeal Expressions in Fatou Diome's Writing / Moussa Sow Sow, Moussa 96

The Diallobé and the Pulaaku: Ethnic, Ethic and Epistemic Use of the Body in Cheikh Hamidou Kane's Novels / El Hadji Malick Ndiaye Ndiaye, El Hadji Malick 109

Part III Violating Bodies

The Body Speaks: Naming Violation in Mujawayo's and Belhaddad's SurVivantes / Elizabeth Applegate Applegate, Elizabeth 126

Reading the Body Politic in the Prison Writings of Abdellatif Laabi / Victor Reinking Reinking, Victor 142

Nelly Arcan: Women's Bodies and What Is Left / Anna Rocca Rocca, Anna 155.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786494668

0786494662

OCLC:

936548719