03977nam 2200805 a 450 991045515900332120200520144314.01-282-49485-697866124948570-7391-3838-3(CKB)1000000000788764(EBL)466821(OCoLC)438101217(SSID)ssj0000742124(PQKBManifestationID)12281343(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000742124(PQKBWorkID)10743134(PQKB)10698315(SSID)ssj0000268365(PQKBManifestationID)12112633(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268365(PQKBWorkID)10235388(PQKB)10762722(MiAaPQ)EBC466821(Au-PeEL)EBL466821(CaPaEBR)ebr10353513(CaONFJC)MIL249485(EXLCZ)99100000000078876420090325d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVoices of exile in contemporary Canadian francophone literature[electronic resource] /F. Elizabeth DahabLanham Lexington Booksc20091 online resource (247 p.)After the empireDescription based upon print version of record.0-7391-1879-X 0-7391-1878-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index.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 MouawadChapter 06. "Fragments and Enigmas": Hédi Bouraoui and La Femme d'entre les lignesConclusion; Bibliography; Index; Credits; About the AuthorOver the last four decades, the largest French-speaking state in North America, QuZbec, has nested more than a dozen vibrant modes of 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, WajdiAfter the empire.French-Canadian literatureArab authorsHistory and criticismFrench-Canadian literatureQuébec (Province)History and criticismImmigrants' writings, French-CanadianQuébec (Province)History and criticismExiles in literatureArabs in literatureGroup identity in literatureArabsCanadaEthnic identityElectronic books.French-Canadian literatureArab authorsHistory and criticism.French-Canadian literatureHistory and criticism.Immigrants' writings, French-CanadianHistory and criticism.Exiles in literature.Arabs in literature.Group identity in literature.ArabsEthnic identity.840.9/8927071Dahab Elizabeth1952-954214MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455159003321Voices of exile in contemporary Canadian francophone literature2158180UNINA