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The manifesto published in 2007 in favor of a "Littérature-monde en français" raises new and challenging questions about current trends in writing in French. Is the separation between "French" and "Francophone" literatures now outmoded? Does "littérature-monde" run with or against the grain of postcolonialism? Is the Anglophone concept of "world literature" a model or a rival for "littérature-monde"? Does "littérature-monde" offer a genuinely new vision or may it be seen as repackaging old wine in new bottles? Is it descriptive, normative or utopian? These are among the central questions addressed at this international conference. Signatories of the "littérature-monde" manifesto are among leading writers and scholars of literatures of French expression who participated in the conference.
For video highlights of the conference, click here.
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Featured writers: |
Azouz Begag
Michel Le Bris
Alain Mabanckou
Anna Moï
Jean Rouaud
Abdourahman Waberi
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Speakers include: |
Mary Ann Caws
(City University of New York)
Charles Forsdick
(Liverpool University, UK)
Lydie Moudileno
(University of Pennsylvania
David Murphy
(University of Stirling, UK)
Jean-Marc Moura
(Université de Paris-X)
Dominic Thomas
(UCLA)
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