Negritude and Literary Criticism: The History and Theory of Negro-African Literature in French

by Belinda Jack

Book Overview

Negro-African literature in French is one of a number of appellations most commonly used to describe a body of literary texts written in French by Africans and those of African descent from roughly 1920 onward. Discussing the numerous other terms that have been used to designate the same body of texts (Colonial literature, Black literature, literature of Negritude), Jack explores the complex relationship between how literatures are named and how they...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313295115
• ISBN13: 9780313295119
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.6"