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Transnational French Studies
Alec G. Hargreaves (Ed.)
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Description for Transnational French Studies
Paperback. The 2007 manifesto in favour of a "Litterature-monde en francais" has generated new debates in both "francophone" and "postcolonial" studies. This book features leading scholars who help to assess the wider question of the evolving status of French Studies as a transnational field of study amid the challenges of globalization. Editor(s): Hargreaves, Alec G.; Forsdick, Charles; Murphy, David. Series: Francophone Postcolonial Studies. Num Pages: 307 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
The 2007 manifesto in favour of a “Littérature-monde en français” 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 ... Read more
The 2007 manifesto in favour of a “Littérature-monde en français” 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
307
Condition
New
Series
Francophone Postcolonial Studies
Number of Pages
307
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846318108
SKU
V9781846318108
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About Alec G. Hargreaves (Ed.)
Professor Alec G. Hargreaves is Ada Belle Winthrop-King Professor of French and Director of the Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies at Florida State University. Charles Forsdick is Drapers Professor of French at the University of Cambridge. David Murphy is Head of the School of Humanities at the University of Strathclyde.
Reviews for Transnational French Studies
... a timely invitation to reflect on the situation of litterature d'expression francaise on the world stage, and should be considered essential buying for any scholarly library. New Zealand Journal of French Studies, Volume 33, Number 2