Francophone African literature and the hexagon: building bridges for the new millennium

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Francophone African literature is gaining increasing attention and importance in French studies. It is important, however, to consider francophone African literature within its salient contexts, including linguistic, historical, national, regional, and pan-African factors. Resources include specialist bookstores in Paris, associations for scholars in African literature and African studies, and an electronic mailing list devoted to the subject.

Study and teaching, French literature, African literature (French)

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Traveling in Old and New worlds with John Jea, the African preacher, 1773-1816

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It is argued that John Jea, an early exsalve narrativist, presented a dichotomous, unrealistic, but characteristically American idea, of the relationship between slavery and freedom. Jea describes the limits on his freedom, but appears unable to countenance them as limitations. His accounts of slavery and freedom lead to the question of understanding why freedom has been sol valued in American ideology.

History, Portrayals, Slavery, Preaching

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Mallarme on the press and literature: 'Etalages,' 'Solitude,' and 'Le Livre instrument spirituel.'

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Stephane Mallarme wrote two essays about the roles of journalism and literature. 'Etalages' considers how consumer culture had influenced literary culture, while 'Le Livre, instrument spirituel' compares the ways books and newspapers are spatially organized. Mallarme did not appreciate newspapers, but they influenced his views on typography and spatial imagination.

Social aspects, Newspapers, Criticism and interpretation, Books and reading, Mallarme, Stephane

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