The Francophone Caribbean today : literature, language, culture /

The essays in this volume consider various literary and linguistic aspects of the francophone Caribbean at the beginning of the twenty-first century, focusing particularly on the French Overseas Departments of Martinique and Guadeloupe, and the independent islands of Haiti and Dominica. The literary...

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Other Authors: Aub-Buscher, Gertrud, Aub-Büscher, Gertrud, Jones, Bridget, 1935-, Noakes, Beverley Omerod, Noakes, Beverley Ormerod, 1937-
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: Barbados : London : University of the West Indies Press ; Eurospan, 2003
Barbados : University of the West Indies Press, 2003
Barbados : London : 2003
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Table of Contents:
  • Linguistic paradoxes : French and Creole in the West Indian DOM at the turn of the century / Gertrud Aub-Buscher
  • Dominica and the French Caribbean : so far and yet so near / Pauline Christie
  • Postcolonial eccentricities : Francophone Caribbean literature and the fin de siècle / J. Michael Dash
  • Re-membering Caribbean childhoods : Saint-John Perse's "Eloges" and Patrick Chamoiseau's Antan d'enfance / Mary Gallagher
  • From exile to Errance : Dany Laferrière's Cette grenade dans la main du jeune Nègre est-elle une arme ou un fruit? / Sam Haigh
  • Creole in the French Caribbean novel of the 1990s : from reality to myth / Marie-Christine Hazaël-Massieux
  • La Rue Cases-Nègres (Black Shack Alley) : from novel to film / Bridget Jones
  • The Caribbeanness of Haiti : Simone Schwarz-Bart's Ton beau capitaine / Anthea Morrison
  • The Martinican writers of the Créolité Movement and history : giving back a voice to the disenfranchised? Marie-José N'Zengou-Tayo
  • The parent-child relationship in Gisèle Pineau's work / Beverley Ormerod Noakes
  • "Une si belle enfanct ne pouvait pas être maudite" : polyphony in Maryse Conde's novel La migration des cours / Carol Sanders
  • Leur seule visite = Their only visit / Priska Degras (translation by Gertrud Aub-Buscher
  • Linguistic paradoxes : French and Creole in the West Indian DOM at the turn of the century / Gertrud Aub-Buscher
  • Dominica and the French Caribbean : so far and yet so near / Pauline Christie
  • Postcolonial eccentricities : Francophone Caribbean literature and the fin de siècle / J. Michael Dash
  • Re-membering Caribbean childhoods : Saint-John Perse's "Eloges" and Patrick Chamoiseau's Antan d'enfance / Mary Gallagher
  • From exile to Errance : Dany Laferrière's Cette grenade dans la main du jeune Nègre est-elle une arme ou un fruit? / Sam Haigh
  • Creole in the French Caribbean novel of the 1990s : from reality to myth / Marie-Christine Hazaël-Massieux
  • La Rue Cases-Nègres (Black Shack Alley) : from novel to film / Bridget Jones
  • The Caribbeanness of Haiti : Simone Schwarz-Bart's Ton beau capitaine / Anthea Morrison
  • The Martinican writers of the Créolité Movement and history : giving back a voice to the disenfranchised? Marie-José N'Zengou-Tayo
  • The parent-child relationship in Gisèle Pineau's work / Beverley Ormerod Noakes
  • "Une si belle enfanct ne pouvait pas être maudite" : polyphony in Maryse Conde's novel La migration des cours / Carol Sanders
  • Leur seule visite = Their only visit / Priska Degras (translation by Gertrud Aub-Buscher
  • Linguistic paradoxes : French and Creole in the West Indian DOM at the turn of the century / Gertrud Aub-Buscher
  • Dominica and the French Caribbean : so far and yet so near / Pauline Christie
  • Postcolonial eccentricities : Francophone Caribbean literature and the fin de siècle / J. Michael Dash
  • Re-membering Caribbean childhoods : Saint-John Perse's "Eloges" and Patrick Chamoiseau's Antan d'enfance / Mary Gallagher
  • From exile to Errance : Dany Laferrière's Cette grenade dans la main du jeune Nègre est-elle une arme ou un fruit? / Sam Haigh
  • Creole in the French Caribbean novel of the 1990s : from reality to myth / Marie-Christine Hazaël-Massieux
  • La Rue Cases-Nègres (Black Shack Alley) : from novel to film / Bridget Jones
  • The Caribbeanness of Haiti : Simone Schwarz-Bart's Ton beau capitaine / Anthea Morrison
  • The Martinican writers of the Créolité Movement and history : giving back a voice to the disenfranchised? Marie-José N'Zengou-Tayo
  • The parent-child relationship in Gisèle Pineau's work / Beverley Ormerod Noakes
  • "Une si belle enfanct ne pouvait pas être maudite" : polyphony in Maryse Conde's novel La migration des cours / Carol Sanders
  • Leur seule visite = Their only visit / Priska Degras (translation by Gertrud Aub-Buscher
  • Introduction / Beverley Ormerod Noakes and Gertrud Aub-Buscher
  • 1 Linguistic Paradoxes: French and Creole in the West Indian DOM at the Turn of the Century / Gertrud Aub-Buscher
  • 2. Dominica and the French Caribbean: So Far and Yet So Near / Pauline Christie
  • 3. Postcolonial Eccentricities: Francophone Caribbean Literature and the fin de siecle / J. Michael Dash
  • 4. Re-membering Caribbean Childhoods: Saint-John Perse's "Eloges" and Patrick Chamoiseau's Antan d'enfance / Mary Gallagher
  • 5. From Exile to Errance: Dany Laferriere's Cette grenade dans la main du jeune Negre est-elle une arme ou un fruit? / Sam Haigh
  • 6. Creole in the French Caribbean Novel of the 1990s: From Reality to Myth? / Marie-Christine Hazael-Massieux
  • 7. La Rue Cases-Negres (Black Shack Alley): From Novel to Film / Bridget Jones
  • 8. The Caribbeanness of Haiti: Simone Schwarz-Bart's Ton beau capitaine / Anthea Morrison
  • 9. The Martinican Writers of the Creolite Movement and History: Giving Back a Voice to the Disenfranchised / Marie-Jose N'Zengou-Tayo
  • 10. The Parent-Child Relationship in Gisele Pineau's Work / Beverley Ormerod Noakes
  • 11. "Une si belle enfant ne pouvait pas etre maudite": Polyphony in Maryse Conde's Novel La Migration des coeurs / Carol Sanders
  • Leur seule visite/Their Only Visit / Priska Degras
  • App. Francophone Caribbean Fiction at the End of the Twentieth Century: A Select Bibliography of Texts and Critical Material / Elizabeth A. (Betty) Wilson.