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portada Connecting Histories: Francophone Caribbean Writers Interrogating Their Past (Caribbean Studies Series)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2019
Language
English
Pages
176
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9781496825674
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Connecting Histories: Francophone Caribbean Writers Interrogating Their Past (Caribbean Studies Series)

Bonnie Thomas (Author) · University Press Of Mississippi · Paperback

Connecting Histories: Francophone Caribbean Writers Interrogating Their Past (Caribbean Studies Series) - Bonnie Thomas

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Synopsis "Connecting Histories: Francophone Caribbean Writers Interrogating Their Past (Caribbean Studies Series) "

The Francophone Caribbean boasts a trove of literary gems. Distinguished by innovative, elegant writing and thought-provoking questions of history and identity, this exciting body of work demands scholarly attention. Its authors treat the traumatic legacies of shared and personal histories pervading Caribbean experience in striking ways, delineating a path towards reconciliation and healing. The creation of diverse personal narratives—encompassing autobiography, autofiction (heavily autobiographical fiction), travel writing, and reflective essay—remains characteristic of many Caribbean writers and offers poignant illustrations of the complex interchange between shared and personal pasts and how they affect individual lives. Through their historically informed autobiography, the authors in this study—Maryse Condé, Gisèle Pineau, Patrick Chamoiseau, Edwidge Danticat, and Dany Laferrière—offer compelling insights into confronting, coming to terms with, and reconciling their past. The employment of personal narratives as the vehicle to carry out this investigation points to a tension evident in these writers’ reflections, which constantly move between the collective and the personal. As an inescapably complex network, their past extends beyond the notion of a single, private life. These contemporary authors from Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Haiti intertwine their personal memories with reflections on the histories of their homelands and on the European and North American countries they adopt through choice or necessity. They reveal a multitude of deep connections that illuminate distinct Francophone Caribbean experiences.

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