Against the Postcolonial

Informationen zum Autor Richard Serrano is associate professor in the Department of French, Program in Comparative Literature, Program in Middle Eastern Studies, and Center for African Studies at Rutgers University. Klappentext Against the Postcolonial is at once a study of five writers from lands formerly or currently ruled by France (Algeria, Cambodia, Guiana, Madagascar, and Mali) and an interrogation of the relevance of postcolonial theory, criticism and studies to these writers. The authors are necessarily placed against the background of postcolonial studies, but since they have radically different backgrounds, histories, and careers, Serrano argues against the relevance of a homogenizing critical practice most interested in replicating itself. Zusammenfassung Presents a study of five writers from lands ruled by France (Algeria! Cambodia! Guiana! Madagascar! and Mali) and an interrogation of the relevance of postcolonial theory! criticism and studies to these writers. This book argues against the relevance of a homogenizing critical practice most interested in replicating itself. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Africans to Their Posts: Yambo Ouologuem's Postmodern Parody of the Postcolonial Chapter 3 Words of the Tribe: Rabearivelo's Mallarme in Madagascar Chapter 4 Jean Amrouche and the Ends of L'Algerie Francaise Chapter 5 Makhali-Phal and the Perils of Metissage Chapter 6 Leon-Gontran Damas and the Invasion of Senegal Chapter 7 Postlude as Palinode - Almost

Klappentext
Against the Postcolonial is at once a study of five writers from lands formerly or currently ruled by France (Algeria, Cambodia, Guiana, Madagascar, and Mali) and an interrogation of the relevance of postcolonial theory, criticism and studies to these writers. The authors are necessarily placed against the background of postcolonial studies, but since they have radically different backgrounds, histories, and careers, Serrano argues against the relevance of a homogenizing critical practice most interested in replicating itself.

Zusammenfassung
Presents a study of five writers from lands ruled by France (Algeria, Cambodia, Guiana, Madagascar, and Mali) and an interrogation of the relevance of postcolonial theory, criticism and studies to these writers. This book argues against the relevance of a homogenizing critical practice most interested in replicating itself.

Inhalt
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Africans to Their Posts: Yambo Ouologuem's Postmodern Parody of the Postcolonial Chapter 3 Words of the Tribe: Rabearivelo's Mallarme in Madagascar Chapter 4 Jean Amrouche and the Ends of L'Algerie Francaise Chapter 5 Makhali-Phal and the Perils of Metissage Chapter 6 Leon-Gontran Damas and the Invasion of Senegal Chapter 7 Postlude as Palinode - Almost

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