Contemporary Francophone African writers and the burden of commitment /
"Contemporary Francophone African Writers and the Burden of Commitment addresses the currrent processes of canonization in contemporary francophone African literature. Odile Cazenave and Patricia Celerier argue that aesthetic as well as political issues are now at the forefront of debates about...
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2011
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the burden of commitment
- Enduring commitments
- The practice of memory
- Lifting the burden? Francophone African writers engaging in new aesthetics
- The fashioning of an engaging literature: the publishing industry, the internet, and criticism
- Conclusion. the possibilities of artistic commitment
- 1 Enduring Commitments
- 2. Practice of Memory
- 3. Lifting the Burden? Francophone African Writers Engaging in New Aesthetics
- 4. Fashioning of an Engaging Literature: The Publishing Industry, the Internet, and Criticism.