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Autore |
Dahab Elizabeth <1952-> |
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Titolo |
Voices of exile in contemporary Canadian francophone literature [[electronic resource] /] / F. Elizabeth Dahab |
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Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-49485-6 |
9786612494857 |
0-7391-3838-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (247 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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French-Canadian literature - Arab authors - History and criticism |
French-Canadian literature - Québec (Province) - History and criticism |
Immigrants' writings, French-Canadian - Québec (Province) - History and criticism |
Exiles in literature |
Arabs in literature |
Group identity in literature |
Arabs - Canada - Ethnic identity |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 01. Introduction: The Odyssey of Québécois/Canadian-Arabic Writers and Their Writing; Chapter 02. Deprivation and Despair in Saad Elkhadem's Wings of Lead, The Plague, Trilogy of the Flying Egyptian, and One Night in Cairo; Chapter 03. From Baghdad to Montréal via Paris: Naïm Kattan and His Multiple Reality; Chapter 04. Of Suffocated Minds and Tortured Hearts: The Universe of Abla Farhoud; Chapter 05. Of Broken Promises and Mended Lives: The War-Ravaged World of Wajdi Mouawad |
Chapter 06. "Fragments and Enigmas": Hédi Bouraoui and La Femme d'entre les lignesConclusion; Bibliography; Index; Credits; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Over the last four decades, the largest French-speaking state in North America, QuZbec, has nested more than a dozen vibrant modes of |
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French expression created by members of the varied cultural communities that have settled there. Voices of Exile in Contemporary Canadian Francophone Literature examines the works of several first-generation Canadian authors originating from Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, and the Maghreb, who produced a trilingual literature that reflects the diversity of their cultural backgrounds. By casting a critical eye on the works of Saad Elkhadem, Naim Kattan, Abla Farhoud, Wajdi |
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