Writing Double: Politics and The African Narrative of French Expression

This essay studies two African narratives of French expression ( Le Temps de Tamango of Boubacar Diop and L'Enfant de sable of Tahar ben Jelloun) to see how they create a discourse of difference that challenges and deconstructs the conventions of the discursive system of French, its signifyi...

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Main Author:	John D. Erickson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	New Prairie Press 1991-01-01
Series:	Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:	http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol15/iss1/9

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spelling	doaj-9bc15d442cd64420945b0fab7500436e2020-11-24T23:27:58ZengNew Prairie PressStudies in 20th & 21st Century Literature2334-44151991-01-0115110.4148/2334-4415.12685612164Writing Double: Politics and The African Narrative of French ExpressionJohn D. EricksonThis essay studies two African narratives of French expression ( Le Temps de Tamango of Boubacar Diop and L'Enfant de sable of Tahar ben Jelloun) to see how they create a discourse of difference that challenges and deconstructs the conventions of the discursive system of French, its signifying practices, and its ideological underpinnings. The tactics of these narratives, which mark them as post-colonial in a strict sense (as opposed to neo-colonial), are productive of a radical other-meaning, a new meaning that "speaks" to the concerns of and problems confronting the non-Western writer.http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol15/iss1/9
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title	Writing Double: Politics and The African Narrative of French Expression
title_short	Writing Double: Politics and The African Narrative of French Expression
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description	This essay studies two African narratives of French expression ( Le Temps de Tamango of Boubacar Diop and L'Enfant de sable of Tahar ben Jelloun) to see how they create a discourse of difference that challenges and deconstructs the conventions of the discursive system of French, its signifying practices, and its ideological underpinnings. The tactics of these narratives, which mark them as post-colonial in a strict sense (as opposed to neo-colonial), are productive of a radical other-meaning, a new meaning that "speaks" to the concerns of and problems confronting the non-Western writer.
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Writing Double: Politics and The African Narrative of French Expression

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