The Sense of Community in French Caribbean Fiction
Download or Read eBook The Sense of Community in French Caribbean Fiction PDF written by Celia Britton and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Celia Britton |
| Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
| Total Pages | : 199 |
| Release | : 2010-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781846315008 |
| ISBN-13 | : 184631500X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Sense of Community in French Caribbean Fiction by : Celia Britton
Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book analyzes the theme of community in seven French Caribbean novels in relation to the work of the French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy. The complex history of the islands means that community is often a central and problematic issue in their literature, underlying a range of other questions such as political agency, individual and collective subjectivity, attitudes towards the past and the future, and even the literary form itself. Celia Britton here studies a range of key books from the region, including Édouard Glissant’s Le Quatrième Siècle, Patrick Chamoiseau’s Texaco, Daniel Maximin’s L’Ile et une nuit, and Vincent Placoly’s L’eau-de-mort guildive, among others.
