| Description |
1 online resource (427 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Becoming-Survivor; Chapter 2 Suffering Time; Chapter 3 Shadowing the Storyteller; Chapter 4 Un-limiting Thought; Chapter 5 Figuring the Wine-Bearer; Conclusion Engendering Catastrophes; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
Narratives of Catastrophe tells the story of the relationship between catastrophe, in the senses of "down turn" and "break," and narration as "recounting" in the senses suggested by the French term récit in selected texts by three leading writers from Africa. Qader's book begins by exploring the political implications of narrating catastrophic historical events. Through careful readings of singular literary texts on the genocide in Rwanda and on Tazmamart, a secret prison in Morocco under the reign of Hassan II, Qader shows how historical catastrophes enter langua |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Diop, Boubacar Boris, 1946- -- Criticism and interpretation
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Ben Jelloun, Tahar, 1947- -- Criticism and interpretation
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Khatibi, Abdelkebir, 1938- -- Criticism and interpretation
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Ben Jelloun, Tahar, 1947- fast |
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Diop, Boubacar Boris, 1946- fast |
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Khatibi, Abdelkebir, 1938- fast |
| Subject |
African fiction (French) -- History and criticism
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Disasters in literature.
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Storytelling in literature.
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African fiction (French)
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Disasters in literature
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Storytelling in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780823230501 |
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0823230503 |
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