Publication

2011-03-15 - Liverpool University Press

Language

English

Word Count

76,750 words, Guess

Page Count

307 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101846314836
  • ISBN-139781846314834
  • OCLC Control Number655671188
  • Better World Books9781846314834
  • Open LibraryOL30773575M

Classifications

  • LCCPQ305
  • LCCPQ3897 .T72 2010

Description

In March 2007 France's Le Monde published a 'Manifesto for a World Literature in French, ' a proposal to recast Francophone literature as 'world literature written in French.' Signed by a multinational group of forty-four authors -- many from former French colonies -- the manifesto has drawn mixed reactions. Praised by some for breaking down the hierarchical division between French and Francophone literature, it has been criticized by others for recreating that division through the exoticism of the Francophone body of work. In Transnational French Studies, leading scholars address this debate and assess the wider question of the evolving status of French, Francophone, and postcolonial studies amid the challenges of globalization. -- Book jacket.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Transnational French Studies: Postcolonialism and Littérature-mondeHardcoverLiverpool University Press2011-03-15

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