Francophone Literatures
A Literary and Linguistic Companion
1st Edition
Published on 12. April 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-0-415-19840-0 (ISBN)
Description
Francophone Literatures draws together extracts from novels written in French by writers from Francophone areas outside Europe. These areas include North Africa, Black Africa, the Caribbean and North America.
The book includes the following features:
* a general introduction, which outlines the rationale and purpose of the book
* a literary and a linguistic commentary on each extract included
* a separate bibliography accompanying each section
* a glossary of linguistic terms.
The above features enable students to contextualize the extracts, identify the key literary and linguistic features and political, social, and cultural themes, to embark on further study, and to achieve their own successful text analysis by means of the models provided.
Unique in its analysis both of literary and linguistic techniques, Francophone Literatures is essential reading for students of Francophone studies.
The book includes the following features:
* a general introduction, which outlines the rationale and purpose of the book
* a literary and a linguistic commentary on each extract included
* a separate bibliography accompanying each section
* a glossary of linguistic terms.
The above features enable students to contextualize the extracts, identify the key literary and linguistic features and political, social, and cultural themes, to embark on further study, and to achieve their own successful text analysis by means of the models provided.
Unique in its analysis both of literary and linguistic techniques, Francophone Literatures is essential reading for students of Francophone studies.
Reviews / Votes
'Ibnlfassi, Hitchcott, Haigh and Chapman do a wonderful job ... its greatest usefulness is likely to be for students studying a course in variants of French who will have here a useful anthology.'More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
512 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-19840-0 (9780415198400)
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Additional editions
Rosemary Chapman | University of Warwick | University of Nottingham
Francophone Literatures
A Literary and Linguistic Companion
Book
04/2001
1st Edition
Routledge
€185.50
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Persons
Malcolm Offord is Reader in French at the University of Nottingham. His most recent book is French Words: past, present and future. Laila lbnlfassi is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at the London Guildhall University. She is co-editor, with Nicki Hitchcott, of African francophone writing: a critical introduction. Nicki Hitchcott is Lecturer in French at the University of Nottingham. She is the author of Women Writers in Francophone Africa. Sam Haigh is Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Warwick. She is the author of Mapping a Tradition: francophone women's writing from Guadeloupe. Rosemary Chapman is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Nottingham. She is the author of Siting the Quebec Novel.
Content
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1 North Africa; Part 2 Black Africa and the Indian Ocean; Part 3 Caribbean; Part 4 North America; Index