The Francophone African Text
Translation and the Postcolonial Experience
©2007
Monographs
VIII,
136 Pages
Series:
Francophone Cultures and Literatures, Volume 48
Summary
Focusing on the African writer and the language of the former colonial power, The Francophone African Text: Translation and the Postcolonial Experience highlights the writer’s re-appropriation of the foreign language in the creative writing process. It calls attention to the African writer’s use of French, a process of creative translation in which the writer’s words form a hybrid code that compels the original French to refer to the indigenous African language for meaning. Examining a group of works under the theme of translation, this book reveals that a consideration of both ideological and linguistic elements enhances understanding of the subject from the broader perspective of postcolonial discourse.
Details
- Pages
- VIII, 136
- Publication Year
- 2007
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9780820478302
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Französisch Literatur Frankophones Afrika Übersetzung Bilingualism African Language and Culture Translating and Interpreting African Literature African Literature (French)
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2007. VIII, 136 pp.
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