The Sense of Community in French Caribbean Fiction.

By: Britton, CeliaMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures, 10Publisher: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (197 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781846314209Subject(s): Caribbean fiction (French) -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Communities in literature | Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature | Nancy, Jean-LucGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Sense of Community in French Caribbean FictionDDC classification: 843.91099729 LOC classification: PQ3944.B747 2008Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Restoring Lost Unity in Jacques Roumain's Gouverneurs de la rosée -- 2 Past, Future and the Maroon Community in Edouard Glissant's Le Quatrième Siècle -- 3 Living by Mistake: Individual and Community in Simone Schwarz-Bart's Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle -- 4 Singular Beings and Political Disorganization in Vincent Placoly's L'Eau-de-mort guildive -- 5 Conquering the Town: Stories and Myth in Patrick Chamoiseau's Texaco -- 6 Community, Nature and Solitude in Daniel Maximin's L'Ile et une nuit -- 7 On Not Belonging: Surrogate Families and Marginalized Communities in Maryse Condé's Desirada -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book analyses the theme of community in seven French Caribbean novels in relation to the work of the French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy. The islands' complex history means that community is a central and problematic issue in their literature, and underlies a range of other questions such as political agency, individual and collective subjectivity, attitudes towards the past and the future, and even literary form itself. Britton examines Jacques Roumain's Gouverneurs de la rosée, Edouard Glissant's Le Quatrième Siècle, Simone Schwarz-Bart's Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle, Vincent Placoly's L'eau-de-mort guildive, Patrick Chamoiseau's Texaco, Daniel Maximin's L'Ile et une nuit and Maryse Condé's Desirada.
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Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Restoring Lost Unity in Jacques Roumain's Gouverneurs de la rosée -- 2 Past, Future and the Maroon Community in Edouard Glissant's Le Quatrième Siècle -- 3 Living by Mistake: Individual and Community in Simone Schwarz-Bart's Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle -- 4 Singular Beings and Political Disorganization in Vincent Placoly's L'Eau-de-mort guildive -- 5 Conquering the Town: Stories and Myth in Patrick Chamoiseau's Texaco -- 6 Community, Nature and Solitude in Daniel Maximin's L'Ile et une nuit -- 7 On Not Belonging: Surrogate Families and Marginalized Communities in Maryse Condé's Desirada -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book analyses the theme of community in seven French Caribbean novels in relation to the work of the French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy. The islands' complex history means that community is a central and problematic issue in their literature, and underlies a range of other questions such as political agency, individual and collective subjectivity, attitudes towards the past and the future, and even literary form itself. Britton examines Jacques Roumain's Gouverneurs de la rosée, Edouard Glissant's Le Quatrième Siècle, Simone Schwarz-Bart's Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle, Vincent Placoly's L'eau-de-mort guildive, Patrick Chamoiseau's Texaco, Daniel Maximin's L'Ile et une nuit and Maryse Condé's Desirada.

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