Voices of exile in contemporary Canadian francophone literature / / F. Elizabeth Dahab
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| Autore: |
Dahab Elizabeth
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| Titolo: |
Voices of exile in contemporary Canadian francophone literature / / F. Elizabeth Dahab
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 840.9/8927071 |
| Soggetto topico: | French-Canadian literature - Arab authors - History and criticism |
| French-Canadian literature - Québec (Province) - History and criticism | |
| Immigrants' writings, French-Canadian - Quebec (Province) - History and criticism | |
| Exiles in literature | |
| Arabs in literature | |
| Group identity in literature | |
| Arabs - Canada - Ethnic identity | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Over 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, Wajdi |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Voices of exile in contemporary Canadian francophone literature |
| ISBN: | 1-282-49485-6 |
| 9786612494857 | |
| 0-7391-3838-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910806810903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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