African Francophone Writing: A Critical Introduction (Berg French Studies)

Hitchcott, Nicki; Ibnlfassi, Laa

ISBN 10: 1859730140 / ISBN 13: 9781859730140

Published by Berg Publishers, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: African Francophone Writing: A Critical Introduction (Berg French Studies)
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1859730140
• ISBN 13: 9781859730140
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

African Francophone Writing presents a comprehensive overview of African writing in the Francophone literary world. It explores the work of important classic and contemporary African writers from the 1950s to the present who, until recently, have received little critical attention. The contributors view their subjects from a diverse range of critical perspectives -- historical, thematic, psychoanalytic, feminist and post-colonial -- to provide a variety of theoretically sophisticated analyses of Francophone writing. A comprehensive introduction and an extensive chronological table are included. African Francophone literature is rapidly becoming a major discipline in universities in Britain and North America. This book will provide much needed critical material for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. [Well-known authors studied in this book include: Chraïbi, Memmi and Boudjedra in the Maghreb; Sembène, Kourouma and Adiaffi in sub-Saharan Africa; Begag and Cherif from the 'Beur' community; and women writers such as Debèche, Fall and Bâ.]

About the Author

Ms Laïla Ibnlfassi Lecturer in Francophone Literature, London Guildhall University Nicki Hitchcott Lecturer in French, University of Nottingham