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L’Empreinte Du Renard De Moussa Konaté Et Les Transformations Africaines Du Polar, Alexie Tcheuyap

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

Within sub-Saharan Africa, Moussa Konaté is undoubtedly the contemporary writer dedicated to producing the most original crime fiction. In L’empreinte du renard, he offers a fundamental subversion of the genre that breaks with conventional thought on crime narratives. Moreover, the subversion of the canon accompanies a subversion of political structures by which the end of the story accompanies the end of the postcolonial state as it is known, and often caricatured: the State of corruption. As a result, such intrigue also becomes that of governmentability.

Patrick Chamoiseau Et La Poétique Du «Nomadismecirculaire», Samia Kassab-Charfi

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

By advocating a fluid and metamorphic type of creolity, Patrick Chamoiseau has managed to distance himself from any claim to a particular identity. His latest poetics refute more than ever the elegy of origin and the celebration of race. In Glissant’s footsteps, he experiments with the notion of “circular nomadism”, which becomes a major rite of initiation for many of his characters. That same notion, at the heart of the amorous gravitation by which he unveils the treasures of his sentimenthèque, finally leads to an ethic of transformation, a kind of “eco-philosophy” where every exodus becomes an exordium, a new …

Géotropisme De Chamoiseau, Jean-Louis Cornille

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

There seems to be a strange parallel between the vegetable kingdom in which Patrick Chamoiseau sets his Biblique des derniers gestes and the way the narrative is being played out. The mangrove, with its entangled roots and stems, constitutes a perfect image of the novel, whose multiple branches are no longer anchored in any reality or in a centralised system, but seem moved by a principle which we could call “bibliotropic”, since in Biblique one could easily find traces of Perse, García Márquez, Glissant, Césaire and even of Rabelais. But certain “stems” are more difficult to track within this dense …

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Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

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Présentation, Samia Kassab-Charfi, Célestin Monga

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

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Archéologie Du Cachot, Lydie Moudileno

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

This essay examines the relationship between writing, memory and prison, as it is deployed in Patrick Chamoiseau’s tenth novel Un dimanche au cachot (2007). In this text, the inscription of the writer within the space of a small prison located on a Martinican plantation, serves Chamoiseau’s larger project to survey the Caribbean territory in order to unveil memorial traces. As it exhumes the ruins of an old disciplinary prison cell, this archeological move triggers a series of crucial transformations: in Un dimanche au cachot, prison writing reclaims a new glissantian “Lieu”, while making room for a therapeutic way of dealing …

La Parole Et Ses Impossibles, Guillaume Pigeard De Gurbert

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

Chamoiseau’s literature attempts to articulate three impossibilities: to name what is indescribable, that is the “unhuman”; to tell the story of newly discovered living things; and to describe the original silence from outside. Thus, words are expressed through hiccoughs, traces and through words like “disons” which express inertia or sing the powers of the living and mumble the impotence of being.

Généalogies De L'Errance, Cilas Kemedjio

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

The city narrative is Chamoiseau’s most original contribution to the west Indian worldview. Such writing is based on the poetics of creolity and on the memory of housing, visible in the ancestral hatred of dogs by municipal workers. It also builds up intertextual links which question both Cesairian Negritude and Glissant’s poetics. The historical memory of Chamoiseau’s characters and the intertextual links in his works transform his writings on townlife into a form of consolidation of a literary tradition which renews the genealogy of wandering life.

La Condition Postmétisse, Célestin Monga

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

Patrick Chamoiseau’s thought has evolved considerably over the past twenty-five years. Whether it inscribes itself in the registers of utopia or counter-utopia, it has moved away from the linguistics issues of creoleness to acquire a humanistic thickness. It now advocates the advent of a global identity that could be viewed as “post-mestizo”. This essay analyzes its invocation of the Tout-Monde and its faith in a universal poetics of relation. It also assesses the empirical basis for his views in a world where nihilism appears to be the only credible virtue.

Samia Kassab-Charfi (2012). Patrick Chamoiseau., Touriya Fili-Tullon

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

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Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

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Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

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The Effects Of Timing And Visual Cues On Social Anxiety In Online Communication, Michael R. Knobeloch

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Characterization Of Hypothetical Proteins Sas0760 And Sas1738 From “Community Associated Staphylococcus Aureus” Mssa476, Anupama B. Ramalinga

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Présence Francophone, Numéro 81 (2013)

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

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Parties Annexes

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Factors Predicting Internalizing And Externalizing Psychopathology In A Sample Of Inner City Minority Women, Antonio Gonzalez

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The Outsider With A Mission : An Irishman's Diary, Eamon Maher

Articles

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The Undesireables Of 'Les Intouchables': A Feminist Critique Of The French Blockbuster, Bendi Benson Schrambach

World Languages and Cultures Faculty Scholarship

'Les Intouchables' by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache was an extremely popular 2011 French film. Based on a true story, it relates the unexpected friendship of two 'untouchable' members of society: one minority criminal from the housing projects and one handicapped aristocrat. Touting such values as tolerance, respect and determination, the film melted the hearts of millions both in France and overseas to become the second most viewed French film of all time.

The present study will undertake a feminist critique of this film based on its portrayal of women. Pursuing the first variety of feminist criticism outlined by Elaine …

Does Unification Of A Language Mean Unification Of A Nation? A Look At Education Under An Official Language, Meredith Kearsley, Dr. Michael Bush

Journal of Undergraduate Research

It has long been asserted that language is an integral and inseparable part of culture, and therefore identity. As such, language plays a powerful role in the political, educational, business, and leisure affairs of a nation. Language can aid in unification and it can also cause fragmentation. An example of a nation that faces the challenges that stem from a diverse linguistic background is the West African country of Senegal. As a nation, Senegal made the decision to declare French the official language of government, business, and education, while maintaining the six primary native languages as national languages. My research …

Sites Of Memory: The Destruction Of Public Buildings During The Paris Commune Of 1871, Julie C. Nay, Dr. Daryle Lee

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In March 1871, in response to the brutal Prussian siege of the city, a humiliating peace treaty with the Germans, and an attempt by the national government to deprive Paris of her cannons, the Central Committee of the National Guard declared Paris independent of the national government and installed itself in the Hôtel de Ville. The Commune de Paris was born. For seventy-two days the Commune held sway over Paris, occupying important public buildings. During the final week of the Commune, called the “Bloody Week” of 21-28 May, many of these buildings were destroyed in the struggle between the Communards …

Dincolo De Cenzura: Romanian Poetry Under Communism, Naomi Frandsen, Dr. Anca Mitroi Sprenger

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In 1971, Nicolae Ceausescu, Romania’s secretary-general of the Communist party, ended almost a decade of relative freedom of expression by issuing the July Theses. Similar to the cultural revolutions initiated in China and North Korea, the July Theses changed the landscape of the literary world for nearly 20 years. Books were removed from libraries and stores, young writers were only allowed to publish in anthologies compiled from the winners of governmentadministered “contests,” organizations such as the Writers’ Union and other literary circles were threatened or dismantled, Romanian intellectuals were isolated from the rest of academic Europe, and propagandistic literature filled …

The Voice Of Giovanni Verga In English Translation, Joel Washburn, Cinzia Noble

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The main theme and plot in Cavalleria Rusticana, Jeli, La Lupa, and Rosso Malpelo can both be identified in the English translations that were analyzed; however, the cultural and religious aspects, together with the nuances in meaning seem to have all been affected in at least some way depending on the accuracy of the translation. Due to the lack of space in presenting my findings, I am writing about one of Verga’s stories—Cavalleria Rusticana.

Resignation In Giovanni Verga’S I Malavoglia, Lacie Parker

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The purpose of my research is to present a clear understanding of the view of life presented in Giovanni Verga’s novel, I Malavoglia. I chose to study this author because I had been exposed to his short stories in my Italian courses and had been intrigued by Verga’s strong desire to present the world as realistically as he saw it. My mentor recommended the novel to me because it is the first in a series Verga proposed to write that would explore the lives of those that struggle against their own fate and fail tragically. The main question that arose …

Pondering Eternity In A Stifling Rural Setting: François Mauriac's Thérèse Desqueyroux And John Mcgahern's The Barracks, Eamon Maher

Journal of Franco-Irish Studies

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Albert Camus At 100 : A Mediterranean Son Of France, Eamon Maher

Articles

THIS YEAR marks the centenary of the birth of one of the world's finest writers, the French-Algerian Albert Camus (1913-1960). When his father, a pied-noir farm labourer died fighting in the French army during the First World War, Camus' mother, Catherine, was forced to work as a cleaner to provide for her two sons. The younger one, Albert, demonstrated academic talent from an early age and managed to continue in education due to the interest taken in him by two inspirational teachers, Louis Germain and the well-known philosopher, Jean Grenier. He was also awarded scholarships, without which he could not …

Using Second Language Learning To Improve Self-Esteem Among K-12 Homeless School Children Of Dallas, Texas, William Miller Walker

Collection of Engaged Learning

This dissertation will explain the process and steps taken to prove the statement that using second language learning can improve self-esteem among K-12 homeless school children of Dallas, Texas. I began by researching the hardships that homeless students experience and then used that information to formulate a program in which I would teach basic French language and culture to a group of K-12 homeless students. Through the use of a valid and reliable self-esteem measurement survey, I was able to track changes in participant’s self-esteem to validate my hypothesis.

Womb Envy: Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, A Woman Is A Woman, And Hail Mary, Caroline Rupprecht, Caroline Rupprecht

Publications and Research

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Joris-Karl Huysmans, Tome 1: Figures Et Fictions Du Naturalisme (Book Review), Juliana Starr

Foreign Languages Faculty Publications

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Idea-Making And Crises: Contradictions Between The Presentation, Argumentation And Form Of Ideas In Selected Works Of Descartes And Voltaire, Lauren Clark

Journal of Franco-Irish Studies

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