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1641.More information
Keywords: Féminisme, Récit de voyage, Tinayre, Marcelle, Impérialisme, Turquie
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This article is an attempt to investigate the various meanings of the words « postmodernity », « postmodernism » and « postmodern ». It also assesses the significance of these words and of the concepts that they express for criminology. The paper is divided in three parts. The first part tries to dispell important misunderstandings that have sprung in relation to postmodernisrn. The most significant of these is the belief that there is such a thing as a postmodernist « method » in the social sciences. The second part identifies the origin of the term « postmodern » and discusses various themes which are perceived to be characteristic of postmodern thought. These themes are : the present legitimation crisis, the internal reflexivity of scientific theory, discourse analysis and meta-language, social and cultural fragmentation and historical pessimism. The last part draws the consequences of the preceding analyses for the development of criminology.
Keywords: Postmodernité, méthode, pensée postmoderne, analyse du discours, métalangage, fragmentation sociale, Postmodernism, method, postmodern thought, discourse analysis, meta-language, social fragmentation, Postmodernidad, método, pensamiento postmoderno, análisis de discurso, meta-lenguaje, fragmentación social
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Written following a trip from Djibouti to Yemen, Romain Gary’s travelogue The Treasures of the Red Sea (1971) has received limited critical attention to date. The text can be placed under the heading of abjection, which is expressed in a multitude of states and seems to govern almost all dimensions – political, social, historical, medical, hygienic – of life. Indeed, the former French Somaliland is depicted as a hypertrophied hell, populated by poor and hopeless people, human traffickers, mutilated women and lost souls. A few sacrificial figures feature, although they look more like Sisyphuses than Redeemers. The poignant reflection on the human condition triggered by this descent into hell that the narrator strives to get through, despite his emotions, in order to make it accessible to his reader, is eventually turned into an ars poetica. The aim of this article is to explore the poetics of abjection in this little-known text, as well as to reveal the mechanisms through which the latter becomes the starting point for a metaliterary reflection on the role of the writer and of literature.
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This article gives voice to feminine and « feminist » writers and critics of Subsaharian Francophone African literature. It shows how this literature has been the object of many controversies. Feminism, as a Western movement, has a negative connotation in Africa because it doesn't quite befit this continent's reality. African women writers who choose feminism as a means to liberate the African woman, her body and her writing must constantly deal with the censorship of the reader/critic, which conditions their writing and forces them to engage in an ongoing process of discursive negotiations. This article also shows that in spite of the controversy which surrounds such writings, women writers and critics agree on the fact that the feminist movement implies mostly western sociocultural values. Thus, it seems important to be most cautious when applying feminist theories to African texts.