Francophone postcolonialism from Eastern Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7990843 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alison Rice (0009-0006-4560-8935, University of Notre Dame, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 313-328 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Francophone Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-2679 • E-ISSN: 1758-9142 |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/ijfs.10.3.313_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2037141638 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article draws from recent research that makes an argument for studying literature from what David Chioni Moore calls the post-Soviet sphere under the rubric of postcolonial theory. It contends that conceiving of countries formerly under Soviet rule as having some characteristics in common with countries once under French colonial rule can yield productive results. It is quite possible that the concentration in literary studies on relations between the First and Third Worlds has left a void with respect to the Second World, at least with respect to francophone writers. We can begin to fill this void by studying texts in French by writers from places formerly under Soviet domination, and this article examines the fictional and theoretical works of Julia Kristeva, Agota Kristof, Milan Kundera, Andre Makine and Brina Svit. Their insights are used here to explore the extent to which intellectuals from small Central and Eastern European countries find themselves in a postcolonial position politically and linguistically similar to that of francophone scholars and writers from the Maghreb, sub-Saharan Africa or the Antilles
Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis · Art · Colonial rule · Colonialism · Epistemology · French · Literature · Postcolonialism (international relations · Sociology · The Void · Gender Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · North African History and Literature · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2008 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |