03866nam 2200793Ia 450 991045387950332120200520144314.01-78694-530-41-84631-420-8(CKB)1000000000576165(EBL)380633(OCoLC)476209387(SSID)ssj0000878093(PQKBManifestationID)11465879(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000878093(PQKBWorkID)10835588(PQKB)11105841(SSID)ssj0000071237(PQKBManifestationID)11120399(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000071237(PQKBWorkID)10090607(PQKB)11253544(SSID)ssj0000747374(PQKBManifestationID)12303056(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000747374(PQKBWorkID)10704357(PQKB)11626879(UkCbUP)CR9781846314209(MiAaPQ)EBC380633(StDuBDS)EDZ0001992627(Au-PeEL)EBL380633(CaPaEBR)ebr10369021(EXLCZ)99100000000057616520081104d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe sense of community in French Caribbean fiction[electronic resource] /Celia BrittonLiverpool Liverpool University Press20081 online resource (197 p.)Contemporary French and francophone cultures ;10Description based upon print version of record.1-84631-500-X 1-84631-137-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-186) and index.Half-title; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Restoring Lost Unity in Jacques Roumain's Gouverneurs de la rosée; 2 Past, Future and the Maroon Community in Edouard Glissant's Le Quatrième Siècle; 3 Living by Mistake: Individual and Community in Simone Schwarz-Bart's Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle; 4 Singular Beings and Political Disorganization in Vincent Placoly's L'Eau-de-mort guildive; 5 Conquering the Town: Stories and Myth in Patrick Chamoiseau's Texaco; 6 Community, Nature and Solitude in Daniel Maximin's L'Ile et une nuit7 On Not Belonging: Surrogate Families and Marginalized Communities in Maryse Condé's Desirada Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis book analyses the theme of community in seven French Caribbean novels in relation to the work of the French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy. The islands' complex history means that community is a central and problematic issue in their literature, and underlies a range of other questions such as political agency, individual and collective subjectivity, attitudes towards the past and the future, and even literary form itself. Britton examines Jacques Roumain's Gouverneurs de la rosée , Edouard Glissant's Le Quatrième Siècle , Simone Schwarz-Bart's Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle , Vincent PlacContemporary French and francophone cultures ;10.Caribbean fiction (French)20th centuryHistory and criticismCommunities in literatureIdentity (Philosophical concept) in literatureElectronic books.Caribbean fiction (French)History and criticism.Communities in literature.Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.843.009843.009 22860.99729Britton Celia870010MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453879503321The sense of community in French Caribbean fiction2481483UNINA