Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
Abstract
By advocating a fluid and metamorphic type of creolity, Patrick Chamoiseau has managed to distance himself from any claim to a particular identity. His latest poetics refute more than ever the elegy of origin and the celebration of race. In Glissant’s footsteps, he experiments with the notion of “circular nomadism”, which becomes a major rite of initiation for many of his characters. That same notion, at the heart of the amorous gravitation by which he unveils the treasures of his sentimenthèque, finally leads to an ethic of transformation, a kind of “eco-philosophy” where every exodus becomes an exordium, a new beginning which questions everything .
Recommended Citation
Kassab-Charfi, Samia
(2013)
"Patrick Chamoiseau et la poétique du «nomadismecirculaire»,"
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 81:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol81/iss1/4
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