03070nam 2200673 a 450 991081915950332120240418044805.01-280-49041-197866135856460-8139-3176-2(CKB)2670000000176388(OCoLC)785940941(CaPaEBR)ebrary10554871(SSID)ssj0000606611(PQKBManifestationID)11357273(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606611(PQKBWorkID)10582137(PQKB)10422393(MiAaPQ)EBC3444006(MdBmJHUP)muse4033(Au-PeEL)EBL3444006(CaPaEBR)ebr10554871(CaONFJC)MIL358564(EXLCZ)99267000000017638820110426d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPostcolonial Francophone autobiographies from Africa to the Antilles /Edgard Sankara1st ed.Charlottesville University of Virginia Press20111 online resource (230 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8139-3172-X 0-8139-3171-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Hampâté Bâ: equilibrium and ambiguous reception -- Valentin Mudimbé: autobiography, philosophy, and exclusive Francophone reception -- Kesso Barry: autobiography, masculinity, ambiguity, and limited reception -- Patrick Chamoiseau: the theatrical self and a paradoxical reception -- Raphaël Confiant: defense and illustration of Créolité and its complacent reception -- Maryse Condé: autobiographical space and lukewarm reception.The author combines close reading, reception study, and postcolonial theory to present an insightful survey of the literary connections among these autobiographers as well as a useful point of departure for further exploration of the genre itself, of the role of reception studies in postcolonial criticism, and of the stance that postcolonial francophone writers choose to take regarding their communities of origin. Modern Language Initiative.French literatureFrench-speaking countriesHistory and criticismAutobiographyPostcolonialismFrench-speaking countriesAfrican literature (French)History and criticismWest Indian literature (French)History and criticismFrench literatureHistory and criticism.Autobiography.PostcolonialismAfrican literature (French)History and criticism.West Indian literature (French)History and criticism.848/.920309Sankara Edgard1970-1198919MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819159503321Postcolonial Francophone autobiographies3978797UNINA