Experimental nations, or, The invention of the Maghreb:
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Main Author: Bensmaïa, Réda (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press ©2003
Series:Translation/transnation
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : is an "experimental" nation possible? -- Nations of writers -- Cities of writers -- Nabile farès, or how to become "minoritarian" -- Postcolonial nations : political or poetic allegories? (On Tahar Djaout's L'invention du désert) -- (Hi)stories of expatriation : virtual countries -- Multilingualism and national "traits" -- The cartography of the nation : Mouloud Feraoun's Le fils du pauvre revisited -- By way of a conclusion
Jean-Paul Sartre's famous question, "For whom do we write?" strikes close to home for francophone writers from the Maghreb. Do these writers address their compatriots, many of whom are illiterate or read no French, or a broader audience beyond Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia? In Experimental Nations, Reda Bensmaia argues powerfully against the tendency to view their works not as literary creations worth considering for their innovative style or language but as "ethnographic" texts and to appraise them only against the "French literary canon." He casts fresh light on the original literary strateg
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 215 pages)
ISBN:1400825644
9781400825646

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