The Resource Experimental nations, or, The invention of the Maghreb, Réda Bensmaïa ; translated by Alyson Waters
Experimental nations, or, The invention of the Maghreb, Réda Bensmaïa ; translated by Alyson Waters
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- Summary
- Jean-Paul Sartre's famous question, "For whom do we write?" strikes close to home for francophone writers from the Maghreb. Do these writers address their compatriots, many of whom are illiterate or read no French, or a broader audience beyond Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia? In Experimental Nations, Reda Bensmaia argues powerfully against the tendency to view their works not as literary creations worth considering for their innovative style or language but as "ethnographic" texts and to appraise them only against the "French literary canon." He casts fresh light on the original literary strateg
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 215 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction : is an "experimental" nation possible?
- Nations of writers
- Cities of writers
- Nabile farès, or how to become "minoritarian"
- Postcolonial nations : political or poetic allegories? (On Tahar Djaout's L'invention du désert)
- (Hi)stories of expatriation : virtual countries
- Multilingualism and national "traits"
- The cartography of the nation : Mouloud Feraoun's Le fils du pauvre revisited
- By way of a conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780691089379
- Label
- Experimental nations, or, The invention of the Maghreb
- Title
- Experimental nations, or, The invention of the Maghreb
- Statement of responsibility
- Réda Bensmaïa ; translated by Alyson Waters
- Title variation
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- Experimental nations
- Invention of the Maghreb
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- Jean-Paul Sartre's famous question, "For whom do we write?" strikes close to home for francophone writers from the Maghreb. Do these writers address their compatriots, many of whom are illiterate or read no French, or a broader audience beyond Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia? In Experimental Nations, Reda Bensmaia argues powerfully against the tendency to view their works not as literary creations worth considering for their innovative style or language but as "ethnographic" texts and to appraise them only against the "French literary canon." He casts fresh light on the original literary strateg
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bensmaïa, Réda
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1955-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Waters, Alyson
- Series statement
- Translation/transnation
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- North African literature (French)
- Littérature maghrébine (française)
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- North African literature (French)
- Natievorming
- Beeldvorming
- Letterkunde
- Frans
- Label
- Experimental nations, or, The invention of the Maghreb, Réda Bensmaïa ; translated by Alyson Waters
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : is an "experimental" nation possible? -- Nations of writers -- Cities of writers -- Nabile farès, or how to become "minoritarian" -- Postcolonial nations : political or poetic allegories? (On Tahar Djaout's L'invention du désert) -- (Hi)stories of expatriation : virtual countries -- Multilingualism and national "traits" -- The cartography of the nation : Mouloud Feraoun's Le fils du pauvre revisited -- By way of a conclusion
- Control code
- ocn436089380
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 215 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780691089379
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttzthw
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)436089380
- Label
- Experimental nations, or, The invention of the Maghreb, Réda Bensmaïa ; translated by Alyson Waters
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : is an "experimental" nation possible? -- Nations of writers -- Cities of writers -- Nabile farès, or how to become "minoritarian" -- Postcolonial nations : political or poetic allegories? (On Tahar Djaout's L'invention du désert) -- (Hi)stories of expatriation : virtual countries -- Multilingualism and national "traits" -- The cartography of the nation : Mouloud Feraoun's Le fils du pauvre revisited -- By way of a conclusion
- Control code
- ocn436089380
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 215 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780691089379
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttzthw
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)436089380
Subject
- Beeldvorming
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Frans
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | French
- Letterkunde
- Littérature maghrébine (française) -- Histoire et critique
- Natievorming
- North African literature (French)
- North African literature (French) -- History and criticism
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