Autobiography and Independence: Selfhood and Creativity in North African Postcolonial Writing in French

Autobiography and Independence: Selfhood and Creativity in North African Postcolonial Writing in French
ISBN-10
0853236593
ISBN-13
9780853236597
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
400
Language
English
Published
2005-01-01
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Author
Debra Kelly

Description

InAutobiography and Independence, Debra Kelly examines four accomplished Francophone North African writers—Mouland Feroan, Assia Djebar, Albert Memmi, and Abdelkeacute;bir Khatibi—to illuminate the complex relationship of a writer's work to cultural and national histories. The legacies of colonialism and the difficulties of nationalism run throughout all four writers' works, yet in their striking individuality, the four demonstrate the ways in which such heritages are refracted through a writer's personal history. This book will be of interest to students of Francophone literature, colonialism, and African history and culture.

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