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Countermodernism and Francophone Literary Culture: The Game of Slipknot
Keith L. Walker
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Paperback. Focusing on the commonalties revealed in their shared language and colonial history, the author examines the work of six writers who, while artistically distinct and geographically scattered, share complex sensibilities regarding their own relationship to France and the French language. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBM; 1HFDS; 1KJH; 1KJWWM; 1KLSG; 2ADF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531.
Keith L. Walker traverses the traditionally imposed boundaries of geography and race as he examines the literary culture produced by French speakers and writers born outside France. Focusing on the commonalities revealed in their shared language and colonial history, Walker examines for the first time the work of six writers who, while artistically distinct and geographically scattered, share complex sensibilities regarding their own relationship to France and the French language and, as he demonstrates, produce a counterdiscourse to their colonizers’ modern literary traditions.
Martinique, French Guyana, Senegal, Morocco, and Haiti serve as the stage for the struggle these writers have ... Read more
Keith L. Walker traverses the traditionally imposed boundaries of geography and race as he examines the literary culture produced by French speakers and writers born outside France. Focusing on the commonalities revealed in their shared language and colonial history, Walker examines for the first time the work of six writers who, while artistically distinct and geographically scattered, share complex sensibilities regarding their own relationship to France and the French language and, as he demonstrates, produce a counterdiscourse to their colonizers’ modern literary traditions.
Martinique, French Guyana, Senegal, Morocco, and Haiti serve as the stage for the struggle these writers have ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
New Americanists
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822321439
SKU
V9780822321439
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About Keith L. Walker
Keith L. Walker is Associate Professor of French and Italian at Dartmouth College and coeditor of Postcolonial Subjects: Francophone Women Writers.
Reviews for Countermodernism and Francophone Literary Culture: The Game of Slipknot
“Countermodernism and Francophone Literary Culture will fascinate its readers. It would be difficult to find a specialist more knowledgeable and more able to share his uniquely perceptive sense of francophone culture.”—Michael Riffaterre, Columbia University “A first-rate contribution to universal knowledge. This book is destined to remain a classic of the new semiotic critical approach of authors. It will be indispensable ... Read more