Postcolonial Brittany
Literature between Languages
2007
Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-3-03910-556-4 (ISBN)
Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-3-03910-556-4 (ISBN)
This book investigates the space between the two languages of modern-day Brittany through a series of close readings of literary texts that represent Brittany or Bretonness in the French language. This is the space that is negotiated by translation, be it a smooth translation of Breton scenes and themes into a French fit for the salons of the capital, or a foreignizing translation of Breton motifs into a French that writhes and struggles to accommodate them. It is also the space negotiated by the bilingual author who writes in the shadow of the other language: the literary conventions of one may litter his work in the other, or the idioms and syntax of one may make their ghostly presence felt in the other. But it can equally be a space of violence as in the case of the writer whose whole community has lost its mother tongue, and writes under protest in the language of the cultural oppressor or colonizer. As the first sustained analysis of the literature produced between French and Breton, this book shows us how literary language is affected by such inter-cultural tensions, and also what it can mean to be caught between cultures.
The Author: Heather Williams read Modern Languages (French) at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, and has held posts at the Universities of Oxford, Nottingham and Aberystwyth. She is currently Pilcher Senior Research Fellow at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. She has published widely on Mallarmé and on the representation of Brittany in French literature.
Contents: Close reading of French poetry - Breton literature of French expression - The construction of Brittany or Bretonness in literary texts - Romanticism and the 'invention' of Brittany - Authenticity and French-language representations of Brittany - Internal colonialism in France - Postcolonial literary criticism.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.4.2007 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cultural Identity Studies ; 2 |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 290 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Romanistik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| Schlagworte | Authentic Breton • Between • Bretagne (Motiv) • Bretonness • Brittany • Chambers • Französisch • French poetry • Geschichte 1800-2000 • Hardcover, Softcover / Romanische Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft • HC/Romanische Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft • Heather • Helen • Languages • Literatur • Literature • Postcolonial • Postcolonial literature • Romanticism • Williams |
| ISBN-10 | 3-03910-556-6 / 3039105566 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-03910-556-4 / 9783039105564 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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