Francophonie en Orient : aux croisements France-Asie (1840-1940) / Mathilde Kang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kang, Mathilde, 1963- author.

Series:

Languages and culture in history.

Languages and culture in history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oriental literature--French influences.

Oriental literature.

French literature--Asian influences.

French literature.

Asia--Civilization--French influences.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book offers a pioneering study of Asian cultures that officially escaped from French colonisation but nonetheless were steeped in French civilisation in the colonial era and had heavily French-influenced, largely francophone literatures. It raises a number of provocative questions, including whether colonisation is the ultimate requirement for a culture's being defined as francophone, or how to think about francophone literatures that emerge from Asian nations that were historically free from French domination. The ultimate result is a redefining of the Asian francophone heritage according to new, transnational paradigms.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table des matières

Introduction

I. La France aux portes de Cathay

II. L'affirmation de la présence française en Asie

III. L'essaimage français: le cas de la Chine

IV. Naissance de la littérature de cohabitation

V. Les croisements France-Asie: le cas du corpus français

Conclusion: vers une francophonie de cohabitation

Bibliographie sélective

Index thématique

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jan 2021).

ISBN:

1-003-71964-3

90-485-3617-0

9781003719649

OCLC:

1076730714