Francophone Caribbean Literature: From Négritude to Créolité

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Martin Munro (Florida State University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.06: French Writing and Culture: Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (Universidad de Antioquia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Domains

Cultural Studies
Literature Topic

Dates

Date of occurrence 1930

Places

France (Involved)
Caribbean Islands, French Antilles (Involved)
French Guyana (Guiana) (Involved)
Guadeloupe (Involved)
Martinique (Involved)
St Vincent & Grenadines (Involved)
St. Pierre & Miquelon (Involved)

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Of all the literary and cultural traditions in the Caribbean, arguably none has produced a body of work as rich, diverse, and challenging as that of the French–speaking islands and territories. Informed by, and often at odds with the great French traditions of intellectual inquiry and artistic innovation, the francophone Caribbean tradition has seen the emergence of artists, activists, and theorists such as Aimé Césaire, Léon–Gontran Damas, René Ménil, Suzanne Césaire, Frantz Fanon, Édouard Glissant, Patrick Chamoiseau, Jean Bernabé, Raphael Confiant, Maryse Condé, Jean–Price Mars, Jacques Roumain, Jacques–Stephen Alexis, René Depestre, Frankétienne, Émile Ollivier, Marie Chauvet, and Dany Laferrière, to name only a …

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Citation: Munro, Martin. "Francophone Caribbean Literature: From Négritude to Créolité". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 October 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=13887, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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