Title The author as cannibal : rewriting in francophone literature as a postcolonial genre, 1969-1995 / Felisa Vergara Reynolds

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021] ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 271 pages) : illustrations Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Aimé Césaire's Une tempête, Cannibalizing Shakespeare's The Tempest -- or, Who's Laughing Now? -- 2. Boubacar Boris Diop's Le temps de Tamango, a Postmodern Cannibalization -- or, Penetrating "Fortress Europe" -- 3. Assia Djebar's L'amour, la fantasia, a Historiographic Cannibalization -- or, Dismantling/Decolonizing History -- 4. Maryse Condé's La migration des coeurs, Cannibalizing Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights -- or, a Sublime Phagocytosis -- Conclusion -- Appendix Notes -- References -- Index Summary After French colonial rule ended, Francophone authors began rewriting narratives from the colonial literary canon. Felisa Vergara Reynolds presents these textual revisions as figurative acts of cannibalism and examines how these literary cannibalizations critique colonialism and its legacy in each author's homeland Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed June 15, 2022) Subject Césaire, Aimé. Tempête Diop, Boubacar Boris, 1946- Temps de Tamango Djebar, Assia, 1936-2015. Amour, la fantasia Condé, Maryse. Migration des cœurs SUBJECT Conde, Maryse. Migration des coeurs Djebar, Assia, 1936-2015. Amour, la fantasia Diop, Boubacar Boris, 1946- Temps de Tamango Cesaire, Aime. Tempête Amour, la fantasia (Djebar, Assia) fast Tempête (Césaire, Aimé) fast Subject West Indian literature (French) -- History and criticism African literature (French) -- History and criticism Literature -- Adaptations -- History and criticism Postcolonialism in literature. French literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French. African literature (French) French literature Literature -- Adaptations Postcolonialism in literature West Indian literature (French) Genre/Form interviews. Literary criticism Interviews Criticism, interpretation, etc. Interviews. Literary criticism. Interviews. Critiques littéraires. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781496230034 1496230035

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