Overview of the literature of French-speaking nations in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas A stimulating overview of the literature of French-speaking nations. Corcoran considers the theoretical and national aspects of francophone literature as a field, and provides detailed analyses of work from the Maghreb, Sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania, Asia, the Americas, and French-speaking Europe. Acknowledgements vii Introduction 1 The francophone world 1 Conceptualising francophonie 6 Historicism and historiography 13 Postcolonial theory and francophone literature 21 Chapter 1 The Maghreb 27 Overview 27 Mouloud Feraoun 38 Mohammed Dib 43 Kateb Yacine 48 Driss Chraibi 51 Albert Memmi 56 Rachid Boudjedra 60 Assia Djebar 64 Tahar Ben Jelloun 71 Chapter 2 Sub-Saharan Africa 75 Overview 75 Henri Lopes 86 Ahmadou Kourouma 92 Sony Labou Tansi 97 Ken Bugul 102 Chapter 3 Oceania - Middle East 109 Overview 109 Mauritius 111 Ananda Devi 112 La R ion 117 Axel Gauvin 118 Madagascar 124 Raharimanana 126 The Middle East 129 Amin Maalouf 130 Albert Cossery 133 Chapter 4 Canada 138 Overview 138 Gabrielle Roy 152 Anne H rt 157 Marie-Claire Blais 164 Jacques Godbout 170 R an Ducharme 175 Chapter 5 The Caribbean 180 Overview 180 N itude, antillanit nd cr it TD> 184 Aim ire 199 Frantz Fanon 204 Patrick Chamoiseau 207 Rapha Confiant 213 Edouard Glissant 218 Ernest P n 226 Maryse Cond TD> 228 Haiti 233 Conclusion 239 Notes 242 Bibliography 249 Further reading 260 Index 262