Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-285) and index
Introduction. Conceptualizing creoleness : French Caribbean "postcolonial" discourse. -- La Lézarde : Alienation and the poetics of Antillanité. -- En attendant le bonheur : Creole conjunctions and cultural survival. -- LI̓sole Soleil/Soufrières : textual creolization and cultural identity. -- LA̓utre qui danse : the modalities and multiplicities of Métissage. -- Solibo magnifique : carnival, opposition, and the narration of the Caribbean maroon. -- Conclusion. Creolizing the colonial encounter
''Murdoch exploits the postmodern theoretical vocabulary to provide perceptive readings of a selection of French Caribbean novels within the framework of antillanité and créolité.''-- E. Anthony Hurley, State University of New York, Stony BrookAdlai Murdoch offers a detailed rereading of five major contemporary French Caribbean writers--Glissant, Condé, Maximin, Dracius-Pinalie, and Chamoiseau
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index