Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
Abstract
Patrick Chamoiseau’s thought has evolved considerably over the past twenty-five years. Whether it inscribes itself in the registers of utopia or counter-utopia, it has moved away from the linguistics issues of creoleness to acquire a humanistic thickness. It now advocates the advent of a global identity that could be viewed as “post-mestizo”. This essay analyzes its invocation of the Tout-Monde and its faith in a universal poetics of relation. It also assesses the empirical basis for his views in a world where nihilism appears to be the only credible virtue.
Recommended Citation
Monga, Célestin
(2013)
"La condition postmétisse,"
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 81:
No.
1, Article 10.
Available at:
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol81/iss1/10
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