| Description |
1 online resource (235 pages) |
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Franco poly phonies ; 7 |
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Francopolyphonies ; 7.
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| Contents |
Eating Well, Reading Well; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION: INTERPRETING THROUGH EXAMPLES; CHAPTER 1 READING HISTORY: THE EXAMPLE OF THE PAST AFTER GLOBALIZATION; CHAPTER 2 RUSING WITH THE CANON: INSOLENT IMITATION, PARODIC INTERTEXTUALITY; CHAPTER 3 WRITING VIOLENCE: COLLECTIVE TRAUMAS, SINGULAR PASTS; CHAPTER 4 THE CANNIBAL READER: DIGESTING THE OTHER, INTERPRETING COMMUNITY; CONCLUSION: COMME UN INDIEN TUPINAMBA ... ; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
While rejecting a conception of literature as moral philosophy, or a device for imparting particular morals to the reader through exemplary characters and plots, Maryse Condé has displayed throughout her writing career a strong valorization of literature as ethical critique. This study examines her singular approach to literary commitment as a critical reworking of aesthetic models and modes of interpretation. Focusing on four dominant problematics in Condé's work--history and globalization in La Belle Créole and Moi, Tituba sorcière ... noire de Salem, intertextuality and reception in La migrat |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-228 and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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| Subject |
Condé, Maryse -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Condé, Maryse fast |
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Ethics.
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Ethics
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ethics (philosophy)
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
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Ethics
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Bellettrie.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781435613621 |
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1435613627 |
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9789401205283 |
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9401205280 |
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9042023279 |
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9789042023277 |
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