Écologies littéraires africaines: L’imaginaire de l’environnement dans la littérature francophone postcoloniale

Author:   Sara Buekens
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   468
ISBN:  

9789004726734


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   10 April 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Écologies littéraires africaines: L’imaginaire de l’environnement dans la littérature francophone postcoloniale


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This book examines the relationship between literature, the environment and ecology in contemporary French-language literature from the Maghreb, sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. It builds on the observation that, in the age of the Anthropocene, ecological awareness is also expressed in fiction that challenges realist aesthetics, such as fables, fairy tales and magic realism. Adopting an ecopoetic perspective and covering a spectrum ranging from local issues to ecological disasters, this study explores the genres, literary modes and writing styles that highlight the agency of the natural world and reflect the instability of the relationship between humans and their environment. Ce livre interroge les rapports entre la littérature, l’environnement et l’écologie dans la littérature francophone contemporaine du Maghreb, de l’Afrique subsaharienne et des îles de l’océan Indien. Il part du constat qu’à l’époque de l’Anthropocène une conscience écologique s’exprime aussi dans des fictions qui s’affranchissent de l’esthétique réaliste, comme la fable, le conte, le réalisme magique… S’inscrivant dans une perspective écopoétique et couvrant un spectre qui va des enjeux locaux aux catastrophes écologiques, cette étude explore les genres, les modes littéraires et les procédés d’écriture qui mettent en avant l’agentivité du monde naturel et interrogent l’instabilité des rapports entre les humains et leur environnement.

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Author:   Sara Buekens
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   468
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9789004726734


ISBN 10:   900472673
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   10 April 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   French

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By relating literatures from the Maghreb, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Indian Ocean beyond their specificities, this essay is a timely intervention in the increasingly prominent field of francophone postcolonial ecopoetics. Buekens’ readings – on rampant urbanisation, the disastrous effects of oil extraction, or entanglements between waste and social violence – show that Africa’s ecological complexities find compelling literary expressions through play with genres, magic realism, or aesthetics of anti-tropicalisation. Panoramic in perspective, yet attached to form and style, the study offers stimulating insights into a distinctive “African ecocritism” which contributes to renewing the paradigms of literary criticism about the Continent. - Markus Arnold, University of Cape Town, South Africa


Author Information

Sara Buekens is Professor of French and Francophone Literature at the VUB (Brussels). This book grows out of her FWO-funded research at UGent (Ghent). Her work – Émergence d'une littérature environnementale (Droz, 2020) – focuses on ecopoetics. Sara Buekens est professeur de littérature française et francophone à la VUB (Bruxelles). Elle a mené cette recherche dans le cadre d’un mandat FWO à la UGent (Gand). Ses travaux – Émergence d’une littérature environnementale (Droz, 2020) – portent sur l’écopoétique.

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