Paradis by Abdulrazak Gurnah : a culture of exchange
Vol.38,No.1(2017)
Abstract
Keywords:
novel; transculture; exchange; novel form; genre; Francophone literature
Pages:
153–162
Our paper investigates how colonization disrupts the world of exchange in the novel Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah. We analyze the culture of exchange both in regard to the content and the formal construction of the novel. We examine the role of the individuals and the places like the city in the contact process between people. We also explore how the narrative becomes an exchange between various literary genres. We base our theoretical approach on the works of Pierre Halen linking identity and colonization, Dominique Maingueneau specialized in discourse analysis and genre, and Jean-Marie Schaeffer who questions the relationship between the concept of text and genre.
novel; transculture; exchange; novel form; genre; Francophone literature
153–162
References
Gurnah, A. (1995). Paradis. Trad. A. C. Padoux. Paris : Denoël.
Halen, P. (2001). Constructions identitaires et stratégies d'émergence : notes pour une analyse institutionnelle du système littéraire francophone. Études françaises, 37, 13–31. | DOI 10.7202/009005ar
Maingueneau, D. (2004). Le discours littéraire : paratopie et scène d'énonciation. Paris : A. Colin.
Shaeffer, J.-M. (1989). Qu'est-ce qu'un genre littéraire. Paris : Seuil.
