Francophone Literatures: An Introductory Survey

The Virginia Quarterly Review | January 1, 1998| | Copyright

Francophone Literatures: An Introductory Survey, by Belinda Jack.

This book offers the first comprehensive study in English of Francophone literature-that is, literatures in French from the diverse Frenchspeaking areas around the world outside of France. Divided into four parts covering Europe and North America; the Creole Islands; North Africa and the Near East; and Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, Jack provides a general introduction to the literatures of each area. Each section of the book includes a history of the area's cultural and literary development, brief biographies of its major ...

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