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Book SynopsisTracing the move from the anticolonial, nationalist, and arabist literature of the early years to the relative cosmopolitanism and diversity of Maghrebi francophone literature today, this title draws on contemporary literary and postcolonial theory to deterritorialize its study.
Trade ReviewHonorable Mention for the 2003 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Studies
Table of ContentsTRANSLATOR'S NOTE vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix INTRODUCTION: Is an "Experimental" Nation Possible? 1 1: Nations of Writers 11 1.Cultural "Terrain" 11 2.New Geolinguistics 14 2: Cities of Writers 27 1.The Imaginary of the Medina in Francophone Literature from the Maghreb 27 2.Algiers/Paris, or the City as a "Site of Memory ": Merzak Allouache's Salut Cousin 38 3: Nabile Fares, or How to Become "Minoritarian" 47 4: Postcolonial Nations: Political or Poetic Allegories? (On Tahar Djaout's L'invention du desert )67 5: (Hi)stories of Expatriation: Virtual Countries 83 1.Assia Djebar's La Nouba des femmes du Mont Chenoua: Introduction to the Cinematic Fragment 83 6: Multilingualism and National "Traits" 99 1."Translating or Whiting Out Language": On Khatibi's Amour Bilingue 99 2.On Khatibi's Notion of the "Professional Traveler" 124 3.Writing Metafiction: On Khatibi's Le livre du sang 135 7: The Cartography of the Nation: Mouloud Feraoun's Le fils du pauvre Revisited 149 8: By Way of a Conclusion 159 APPENDIX: Le Depays: On Chris Marker's Lettre de Sibeie (1957)165 NOTES 171 INDEX NOMINUM 205 INDEX REUM 209
