The Francophone African Text

Author : Kwaku Addae Gyasi
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 082047830X

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The Francophone African Text by Kwaku Addae Gyasi Pdf

Focusing on the African writer and the language of the former colonial power, The Francophone African Text: Translation and the Postcolonial Experience highlights the writer's re-appropriation of the foreign language in the creative writing process. It calls attention to the African writer's use of French, a process of creative translation in which the writer's words form a hybrid code that compels the original French to refer to the indigenous African language for meaning. Examining a group of works under the theme of translation, this book reveals that a consideration of both ideological and linguistic elements enhances understanding of the subject from the broader perspective of postcolonial discourse.

Author : Kathryn Batchelor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317641148

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Decolonizing Translation by Kathryn Batchelor Pdf

The linguistically innovative aspect of Francophone African literature has been recognized and studied from a variety of angles over recent decades, yet little attention has been paid to what happens to such literature when it is translated into another language. Taking as its corpus all sub-Saharan Francophone African texts that have ever been published in English, this book explores the ways in which translators approach innovative features such as African-language borrowings, neologisms and other deliberate manipulations of French, depictions of sociolinguistic variation, and a variety of types of wordplay. The implications of their translation decisions are drawn out with reference to the broader significances that are often accorded to postcolonial literature, and earlier critics' calls for a decolonized translation practice are explored from both a practical and theoretical angle. These findings are used to push towards a detailed investigation of the postcolonial turn in translation studies, drawing on the work of key postcolonial theorists such has Homi K. Bhabha and Gayatri Spivak. This is a timely and incisive critical assessment of contemporary discourses on the ethics and politics of translation.

Author : Vivan Steemers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781793617798

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Francophone African Narratives and the Anglo-American Book Market by Vivan Steemers Pdf

In recent years, the material circumstances governing the production of African literature have been analyzed from a variety of angles. This study goes one step further by charting the trajectories of a corpus of francophone African (sub-Saharan) narratives subsequently translated into English. It examines the role of various institutional agents and agencies—publishers, preface writers, critics, translators, and literary award committees—involved in the value-making process that accrues visibility to these texts that eventually reach the Anglo-American book market. The author evinces that over time different types of publishers dominated, both within the original publishing space as in the foreign literary field, contingent on their specific mission—be it commercial, ideological or educational—as well as on socioeconomic and political circumstances. The study addresses the influence of the editorial paratextual framing—pandering to specific Western readerships—the potential interventionist function of the translator, and the consecrating mechanisms of literary and translation awards affecting both gender and minority representation. Drawing on the work by key sociologists and translation theorists, the author uses an innovative interdisciplinary methodology to analyze the corpus narratives.

Author : K. Martial Frindéthié
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786492084

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The Black Renaissance in Francophone African and Caribbean Literatures by K. Martial Frindéthié Pdf

This work explores the limits and prospects of Afro-Caribbean Francophone writers in reshaping or producing action-oriented literature. It shows how Francophone literatures have followed a hegemonic discourse that leaves little room for thinking outside of traditional cultural and ideological conventions. Part One explores the origins of Afro-Caribbean Francophone literature and what the author terms "griotism"--a shared heritage of awareness of biological differences, a sense of the black hero as black messiah and black people as chosen, and the promise of a common racial history. Part Two discusses the formidable grip of griotism on Fanon, Mudimbe, the champions of Creolity (Bernabe, Chamoiseau, and Confiant), and well-read African women writers (Aminata Sow Fall, and Mariama Ba). Part Three seeks to subvert the discourse of griotism in order to propose a new autonomy for Francophone African writers.

Author : Natalie Edwards
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443851213

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The Contemporary Francophone African Intellectual by Natalie Edwards Pdf

The Contemporary Francophone African Intellectual examines the issues with which the contemporary African intellectual engages, the fields s/he occupies, her/his residence and perspective, and her/his relations with the State and the people. In an increasingly economically deprived Africa, in which some states are ruled by dictators, what chances do people have of becoming intellectuals, using their critical faculties to challenge hegemony, enacting the transformative power of ideas in a public forum? Do intellectuals who remain in Africa run the risk of being swallowed into a vortex of hagiography? What is the responsibility of the intellectual in the face of an event such as the Rwandan genocide? What influence does religion have upon the contemporary intellectual’s work? Is migration one of the only paths available for African intellectuals, a number of whom have been critiquing their continent from within Europe? This volume focuses on the intellectual’s engagement across literature, philosophy, journalism and cultural criticism. It contains studies of established writers and philosophers as well as new voices. An African writer and public intellectual describes her own experience in and out of Africa in one chapter; a Philosophy Professor discusses his intellectual trajectory in another. Overall, this timely volume, which includes analysis of the work of intellectuals from North, East, West and Central Africa, problematizes our current understandings of the intellectual legacy of Africa and opens up new avenues into this understudied area.

Author : Claire Griffiths
Publisher : University of Chester
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-30
Category : LITERARY CRITICISM
ISBN : 9781908258533

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Contesting Historical Divides in Francophone Africa by Claire Griffiths Pdf

From Senegal in the west to the Comoros islands in the east, this collection of essays casts a critical eye over fifty years of 'independence' in former French colonial possessions of Africa and the Indian Ocean. With methods and perspectives that cross traditional disciplinary barriers, Contesting Historical Divides in Francophone Africa proposes fresh insights into the process of decolonisation in this part of the world.

Author : Tony Chafer,Alexander Keese
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Africa, French-speaking
ISBN : 152613585X

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Francophone Africa at Fifty by Tony Chafer,Alexander Keese Pdf

2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the 'Year of Africa'. All France's colonies in sub-Saharan Africa gained their independence in that year. This text brings together leading scholars from across the globe to review 'Francophone Africa at Fifty'. It examines continuities from the colonial to the post-colonial period and analyses the diverse and multi-faceted legacy of French colonial rule in sub-Saharan Africa. It also reviews the decolonization of French West Africa in comparative perspective and observes how independence is remembered and commemorated fifty years on.

Author : Ibrahima Diallo
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781527524637

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Geopolitics of French in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa by Ibrahima Diallo Pdf

This book is comprehensive study of the geopolitical, geolinguistic, and geostrategic challenges facing France and the French language in post-independence Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa. It shows that, in Francophone sub-Saharan Africa, France’s reputation and image are significantly damaged. France has been accused of neo-colonial behaviour because of its repeated political and military interference in the domestic affairs of sovereign countries, its support of unpopular governments, and its stranglehold over the finances, economies and resources of Francophone sub-Saharan Africa. The book also highlights that the challenges faced by the French language in the region are complex because of the significant use of African languages and the growing attraction of English. Using Senegal as a case study to examine language use, attitudes, and languages education in this region, the book shows that the Senegalese people, like most Francophone sub-Saharan Africans, are strongly attached to their own languages, they are loyal to the French language, and they admire the English language. This text will be of interest to scholars in French and Francophone studies, applied linguists, African studies, and policy studies.

Author : Jonathan Ngate
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : African fiction (French)
ISBN : 0865430888

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Francophone African Fiction by Jonathan Ngate Pdf

Author : Tony Chafer,Margaret A. Majumdar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351142144

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Routledge Handbook of Francophone Africa by Tony Chafer,Margaret A. Majumdar Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Francophone Africa brings together a multidisciplinary team of international experts to reflect on the history, politics, societies, and cultures of French-speaking parts of Africa. Consisting of approximately 35% of Africa’s territory, Francophone Africa is a shifting concept, with its roots in French and Belgian colonial rule. This handbook develops and problematizes the term, with thematic sections covering: Colonial and post-colonial ties between France and sub-Saharan Africa Belgium, Belgian colonialism and Africa The Maghreb African Francophones in France Francophone African literature and film ‘Francophone’ and ‘Anglophone’ Africa Beyond national boundaries and ‘colonial partners’ The chapters demonstrate the evolution of "Francophone Africa" into a multi-dimensional construct, with both a material and an imagined reality. Materially, it defines a regional territorial space that coexists with other conceptualisations of African space and borders. Conceptually, Francophone Africa constitutes a shared linguistic and cultural space within which collective memories are shared, not least through their connection to the French imperial imagination. Overall, the Handbook demonstrates that as global power structures and relations evolve, African agency is increasingly assertive in shaping French-African relations. Bringing this important debate together into a single volume, this Handbook will be an essential resource for students and scholars interested in Francophone Africa.

Author : Odile Cazenave,Patricia Célérier
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813931159

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Contemporary Francophone African Writers and the Burden of Commitment by Odile Cazenave,Patricia Célérier Pdf

By looking at engagée literature from the recent past, when the francophone African writer was implicitly seen as imparted with a mission, to the present, when such authors usually aspire to be acknowledged primarily for their work as writers, Contemporary Francophone African Writers and the Burden of Commitment addresses the currrent processes of canonization in contemporary francophone African literature. Odile Cazenave and Patricia Célérier argue that aesthetic as well as political issues are now at the forefront of debates about the African literary canon, as writers and critics increasingly acknowledge the ideology of form. Working across genres but focusing on the novel, the authors take up the question of renewed forms of commitment in this literature. Their selected writers range from Mongo Beti, Ousmane Sembène, and Aminata Sow Fall to Boubacar Boris Diop, Véronique Tadjo, Alain Mabanckou, and Léonora Miano, among others.

Author : Román Alvarez,M. Carmen Africa Vidal
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853593508

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Translation, Power, Subversion by Román Alvarez,M. Carmen Africa Vidal Pdf

This is a study of the relationship between translation, culture and counterculture, presenting a political and ideological vision of translating. Offering an approach to the cultural turn in Translation Studies at the end of the century, the book endeavours to explore the closer links between cultural studies and translation. It presents the arguments of several scholars on the most innovative ways of understanding translation, in order to clarify the role and function of translations and translators in culture and society.

Author : Michael Syrotinski
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0813921457

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Singular Performances by Michael Syrotinski Pdf

Francophone African writing is often concerned with questions of subjectivity and narrative agency, and it is this focus Michael Syrotinski takes as his point of departure in Singular Performances. Using the work of V. Y. Mudimbe as a major theoretical reference, Syrotinski sets up a number of original dialogues between francophone African literature, African philosophy, literary theory, postcolonial studies, cinema, cultural studies, and history to arrive at the notion of a "performative reinscription of subjectivity." Singular Performances covers a wide range of francophone African writers, each of whom is read within a broader theoretical context related to African subjectivity: Mudimbe and the philosophical subject, Aoua Kéita and autobiography, Bernard Dadié and ethnographic irony, Ousmane Sembene and Tierno Monénembo and the cinematic imagination, Véronique Tadjo and Werewere Liking and the female writing subject, and Sony Labou Tansi and the "spectral" subject. In this skillful interdisciplinary weaving together of contemporary theory and literature, the focus on the francophone African subject allows for a richer appreciation of the texture and rhetoric of the language of the texts themselves. What emerges from this study is the subject understood not as a single homogenized entity but as a plural celebration of singular francophone African subjectivities.

Author : Nicki Hitchcott
Publisher : Berg 3pl
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015050050106

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Women Writers in Francophone Africa by Nicki Hitchcott Pdf

Considering questions of genre and ideology, the author highlights the tension between the individualistic act of writing and the collective tradition of African society. The authors discussed include Aminata Sow Fall and Werewere Liking.

Author : James T. Day
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Film
ISBN : 9789042026483

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Translation in French and Francophone Literature and Film by James T. Day Pdf

This volume collects papers presented at the annual French Literature Conference, sponsored by the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures of the University of South Carolina.