Theory, Aesthetics, and Politics in the Francophone World
Filiations Past and Future
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, French, European, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
| Author: | Réda Bensmaïa, Timothy Bewes, Yves Citton, Vincent Debaene, Richard J. Golsan, Giuseppina Mecchia, Pamela A. Pears, Rajeshwari S. Vallury, Christian C. Wood | ISBN: | 9781498570398 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | March 25, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Réda Bensmaïa, Timothy Bewes, Yves Citton, Vincent Debaene, Richard J. Golsan, Giuseppina Mecchia, Pamela A. Pears, Rajeshwari S. Vallury, Christian C. Wood |
| ISBN: | 9781498570398 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | March 25, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
Theory, Aesthetics, and Politics in the Francophone World: Filiations Past and Future offers a critical reflection on some of the leading figures of twentieth-century French and Francophone literature, cinema, and philosophy. Specialists re-evaluate the historical, political, and artistic legacies of twentieth-century France and the French-speaking world, proposing new formulations of the relationships between fiction, aesthetics, and politics. This collection combines interdisciplinary scholarship, nuanced theoretical reflection, and contextualized analyses of literary, cinematic, and philosophical practices to suggest alternative critical paradigms for the twenty-first century. The contributors’ reappraisals of key writers, filmmakers, and intellectuals trace an alternative narrative of their historical, cultural, or intellectual legacy, casting a contemporary light on the aesthetic, theoretical, and political questions raised by their works. Taken as a whole, the essays generate a series of fresh perspectives on French and Francophone literary and cultural studies.
Theory, Aesthetics, and Politics in the Francophone World: Filiations Past and Future offers a critical reflection on some of the leading figures of twentieth-century French and Francophone literature, cinema, and philosophy. Specialists re-evaluate the historical, political, and artistic legacies of twentieth-century France and the French-speaking world, proposing new formulations of the relationships between fiction, aesthetics, and politics. This collection combines interdisciplinary scholarship, nuanced theoretical reflection, and contextualized analyses of literary, cinematic, and philosophical practices to suggest alternative critical paradigms for the twenty-first century. The contributors’ reappraisals of key writers, filmmakers, and intellectuals trace an alternative narrative of their historical, cultural, or intellectual legacy, casting a contemporary light on the aesthetic, theoretical, and political questions raised by their works. Taken as a whole, the essays generate a series of fresh perspectives on French and Francophone literary and cultural studies.
