Francophone Literatures: A Literary and Linguistic CompanionFrancophone Literatures draws together extracts from novels written in French by writers from Francophone areas outside Europe. These areas include North Africa, Black Africa, the Caribbean and North America. The book includes the following features: * a general introduction, which outlines the rationale and purpose of the book * a literary and a linguistic commentary on each extract included * a separate bibliography accompanying each section * a glossary of linguistic terms. The above features enable students to contextualize the extracts, identify the key literary and linguistic features and political, social, and cultural themes, to embark on further study, and to achieve their own successful text analysis by means of the models provided. Unique in its analysis both of literary and linguistic techniques, Francophone Literatures is essential reading for students of Francophone studies. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 11 |
Introduction | 13 |
Driss Chraïbi Le Passé simple | 43 |
13 | 49 |
Ahmadou Kourouma Les Soleils des Indépendances | 102 |
Mariama Bâ Une si longue lettre | 110 |
Sony Labou Tansi La Vie et demie | 119 |
Calixthe Beyala Le Petit Prince de Belleville | 127 |
Daniel Maximin LIsolé Soleil | 178 |
Patrick Chamoiseau Chronique des sept misères | 186 |
Maryse Condé Traversée de la mangrove | 195 |
Dany Laferrière Pays sans chapeau | 203 |
Part 4 | 211 |
Introduction | 213 |
FélixAntoine Savard Menaud maîtredraveur | 219 |
Gabrielle Roy Bonheur doccasion | 228 |
Axel Gauvin LAimé | 135 |
Part 3 | 145 |
Introduction | 147 |
Introduction and text and context Nicki Hitchcott | 151 |
Jacques Roumain Gouverneurs de la rosée | 155 |
Joseph Zobel La Rue CasesNègres | 162 |
Simone SchwarzBart Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle | 170 |
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Common terms and phrases
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References to this book
A History of French Literature: From Chanson de geste to Cinema David Coward No preview available - 2003 |
A History of French Literature: From Chanson de geste to Cinema David Coward No preview available - 2003 |