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Vietnam and the Colonial Condition of French Literature
Vietnam and the Colonial Condition of French Literature by Leslie Barnes 0803249977 9780803249974
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Vietnam and the Colonial Condition of French Literature explores an aspect of modern French literature that has been consistently overlooked in literary histories: the relationship between the colonies--their cultures, languages, and people--and formal shifts in French literary production. Starting from the premise that neither cultural identity nor cultural production can be
pure or homogenous, Leslie Barnes initiates a new discourse on the French literary canon by examining the work of three iconic French writers with personal connections to Vietnam: Andr Malraux, Marguerite Duras, and Linda L.
In a thorough investigation of the authors linguistic, metaphysical, and textual experiences of colonialism, Barnes articulates a new way of reading French literature: not as an inward-looking, homogenous, monolingual tradition, but rather as a tradition of intersecting and interdependent peoples, cultures, and experiences.
One of the few books to focus on Vietnams position within francophone literary scholarship, Barnes challenges traditional concepts of French cultural identity and offers a new perspective on canonicity and the division between "French" and "francophone" literature.

Author: Leslie Barnes

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

Pages: 312

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

Publication Date: 2014-12-01


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