Transnational French studies : postcolonialism and litterature-monde / edited by Alec G. Hargreaves, Charles Forsdick, David Murphy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies, issuing body.

Hargreaves, Alec G.

Forsdick, Charles.

Murphy, David, 1971-

Series:

Francophone postcolonial studies ; new ser., v. 1.

Francophone postcolonial studies. New series ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--Foreign countries--20th century--History and criticism.

French literature.

Postcolonialism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 307 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 2007 manifesto in favour of a 'Littérature-monde en francÌʹais' 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-aÌ€-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 addressing these questions, leading scholars of 'French', 'Francophone' and 'postcolonial' studies from around the globe help to assess the wider question of the evolving status of French Studies as a transnational field of study amid the challenges of globalization.

Contents:

Introduction : What does littérature-monde mean for French, Francophone and postcolonial studies? / Alec G. Hargreaves, Charles Forsdick and David Murphy

From world literature to littérature-monde : genre, history and the globalization of literature. Francophone world literature (littérature-monde), cosmopolitanism and decadence : "citizen of the world" without the citizen? / Deborah Jenson ; From Weltliteratur to world literature to littérature-monde : the history of a controversial concept / Typhaine Leservot ; Littérature-monde in the marketplace of ideas : a theoretical discussion / Mounia Benalil ; The postcolonial manifesto : partisanship, criticism and the performance of change / David Murphy

Postcolonialism, politics and the 'becoming-transnational' of French studies. On the abolition of the French department? : exploring the disciplinary contexts of littérature-monde / Charles Forsdick ; Francophonie : trash or recycle? / Lydie Moudileno ; (Not) razing the walls : Glissant, Trouillot and the post-politics of world literature / Chris Bongie ; The Marie NDiaye Affair or the coming of a postcolonial evoluée / Dominic Thomas ; (R)evolutions / Thomas C. Spear ; Littérature-monde and old/new humanism / Jane Hiddleston

Mapping littérature-monde. Littérature-monde, or redefining exotic literature? / Jean-Xavier Ridon ; From littérature voyageuse to littérature-monde via migrant literatures : towards an ethics and poetics of littérature-monde through French-Australian literature / Jacqueline Dutton ; Littérature-monde and the space of translation, or, where is littérature-monde? / Jeanne Garane ; Littérature-monde or littérature océanienne? : internationalism versus regionalism in Francophone Pacific writing / Michelle Keown ; The world and the mirror in two twenty-first-century manifestos : Pour une littérature-monde en français and Qui fait la France? / Laura Reeck ; The post-genocidal African subject : Patrice Nganang, Achille Mbembe and the worldlinesss [sic] of contemporary African literature in French / Michael Syrotinski

Afterword : The world in world literature / Emily Apter

Appendix : Toward a 'world literature' in French.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-78138-787-7

1-84631-626-X

OCLC:

732956430