Laurie L Corbin
Biographic Data
| ID | 6713316 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laurie L Corbin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laurie L |
| FAMILY NAME | Corbin |
| SIGNATURE | CORBIN L L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Other Language, the Language of the Other in the Work of Assia Djebar and Hélène Cixous
For both Assia Djebar and Hélà ̈ne Cixous, the relationship to French, the language in which they primarily write, is a complicated one and linked to familial and social histories. Each of these writers was born in Algeriaâ Djebar in 1936, Cixous in 1937â and each came to the French language in a way that was determined both by parental decisions and by the politics of the time. Djebar has written extensively, since the publication of Lâ Amour, l…
The Voicing of Desire
The Voicing of DesireThe Quest for History in Heremakhonon and The Women of Tijucopapo Laurie Corbin (bio) What is . . . important for me as a writer is that the language one writes in must be forced open, subjected to a certain violence, made strange, so that it becomes the writer’s own singular language [une langue à lui]. Maryse Condé, “Crossover Texts/Creole Tongues” Am I talking? Or do I think I’m talking? Maryse Condé, Heremakhonon Is it po…
The Return To and Beyond the Mother
An analysis of three autobiographical or biographical texts by Maryse Condé—Tales from the Heart: True Stories from My Childhood, ‘The Voyager In, the Voyager Out’, and Victoire, les saveurs et les mots—shows a recreation of the life of the writer's grandmother that addresses issues specific to the construction of identity in the French Antilles. In particular, two themes are highlighted by the representation of the relationships between Condé an…
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The Return To and Beyond the Mother
An analysis of three autobiographical or biographical texts by Maryse Condé—Tales from the Heart: True Stories from My Childhood, ‘The Voyager In, the Voyager Out’, and Victoire, les saveurs et les mots—shows a recreation of the life of the writer's grandmother that addresses issues specific to the construction of identity in the French Antilles. In particular, two themes are highlighted by the representation of the relationships between Condé an…
The Voicing of Desire
The Voicing of DesireThe Quest for History in Heremakhonon and The Women of Tijucopapo Laurie Corbin (bio) What is . . . important for me as a writer is that the language one writes in must be forced open, subjected to a certain violence, made strange, so that it becomes the writer’s own singular language [une langue à lui]. Maryse Condé, “Crossover Texts/Creole Tongues” Am I talking? Or do I think I’m talking? Maryse Condé, Heremakhonon Is it po…
The Other Language, the Language of the Other in the Work of Assia Djebar and Hélène Cixous
For both Assia Djebar and Hélà ̈ne Cixous, the relationship to French, the language in which they primarily write, is a complicated one and linked to familial and social histories. Each of these writers was born in Algeriaâ Djebar in 1936, Cixous in 1937â and each came to the French language in a way that was determined both by parental decisions and by the politics of the time. Djebar has written extensively, since the publication of Lâ Amour, l…
Art (3 works) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art history (1 works)