Francophonie En Orient

Aux Croisements France-Asie (1840-1940)
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-94-6298-514-8
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, Französisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Reihe: Amsterdam University Press

This book offers a pioneering study of Asian cultures that officially escaped from French colonisation but nonetheless were steeped in French civilisation in the colonial era and had heavily French-influenced, largely francophone literatures. It raises a number of provocative questions, including whether colonisation is the ultimate requirement for a culture's being defined as francophone, or how to think about francophone literatures that emerge from Asian nations that were historically free from French domination. The ultimate result is a redefining of the Asian francophone heritage according to new, transnational paradigms. This book offers a pioneering study of Asian cultures that officially escaped from French colonisation but nonetheless were steeped in French civilisation in the colonial era and had heavily French-influenced, largely francophone literatures.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kang, Mathilde

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, I La France aux portes de Cathay, II L’afff?irmation de la présence française en Asie, III L’essaimage français: le cas de la Chine, IV Naissance de la littérature de cohabitation, V Les croisements France-Asie: le cas du corpus français, Conclusion: vers une francophonie de cohabitation, Bibliographie selective, Index thématique

Über Autor(innen)

Mathilde Kang is Lecturer at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. Born in Shanghai, China, she has received her education in Québec in Canada. The multicultural course of her life and her strictly French-language education have led her to an interest in studying cultures made up of several mixed influences. Her main interest is the spreading of French culture outside Europe