Voices of exile in contemporary Canadian francophone literature / F. Elizabeth Dahab.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dahab, Elizabeth.

Series:

After the empire.

After the empire

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French-Canadian literature--Arab authors--History and criticism.

French-Canadian literature.

French-Canadian literature--Québec (Province)--History and criticism.

Immigrants' writings, French-Canadian--Quebec (Province)--History and criticism.

Immigrants' writings, French-Canadian.

Exiles in literature.

Arabs in literature.

Group identity in literature.

Arabs--Canada--Ethnic identity.

Arabs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the last four decades, the largest French-speaking state in North America, QuZbec, has nested more than a dozen vibrant modes of French expression created by members of the varied cultural communities that have settled there. Voices of Exile in Contemporary Canadian Francophone Literature examines the works of several first-generation Canadian authors originating from Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, and the Maghreb, who produced a trilingual literature that reflects the diversity of their cultural backgrounds. By casting a critical eye on the works of Saad Elkhadem, Naim Kattan, Abla Farhoud, Wajdi

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 01. Introduction: The Odyssey of Québécois/Canadian-Arabic Writers and Their Writing; Chapter 02. Deprivation and Despair in Saad Elkhadem's Wings of Lead, The Plague, Trilogy of the Flying Egyptian, and One Night in Cairo; Chapter 03. From Baghdad to Montréal via Paris: Naïm Kattan and His Multiple Reality; Chapter 04. Of Suffocated Minds and Tortured Hearts: The Universe of Abla Farhoud; Chapter 05. Of Broken Promises and Mended Lives: The War-Ravaged World of Wajdi Mouawad

Chapter 06. "Fragments and Enigmas": Hédi Bouraoui and La Femme d'entre les lignesConclusion; Bibliography; Index; Credits; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index.

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ISBN:

1-282-49485-6

9786612494857

0-7391-3838-3

OCLC:

438101217