Francophonie and the Orient : French-Asian transcultural crossings (1840-1940) / Mathilde Kang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kang, Mathilde, 1963- author.

Series:

Languages and culture in history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oriental literature (French)--History and criticism.

Oriental literature (French).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

210 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]

Contents:

I France at the gates of Cathay p. 27

Macau and Canton: the first European fringes p. 27

The intrinsic links between China and Indochina p. 35

The ramifications of the French presence p. 42

II The affirmation of the French presence in Asia p. 49

'Paris of the East' p. 49

Guangzhouwan: the colonies' colony p. 65

Modes of colonization in Asia p. 75

III French offshoots: the case of China p. 81

Genesis of the first Francophones in Asia p. 81

Francophone manifestations p. 93

The gestations of a literature of cohabitation p. 104

IV The birth of a literature of cohabitation p. 111

Colonial literature vs. literature of cohabitation p. 111

Pastiches of French masterpieces p. 125

Literatures of French expression p. 140

V France-Asia crossings: the case of the French corpus p. 147

A literature of the intimate nourished by the East p. 147

The oriental 'self' in Loti and Claudel p. 159

The Oriental fortune of Comment Wang-Fô fut sauvé p. 172.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-210) and index.

ISBN:

9462988250

9789462988255

OCLC:

1031460681