The Ambiguous Compromise: Language, Literacy and National Identity - Hardcover

Kaye, Jacqueline; Zoubir, Abdelhamid

 
9780415030557: The Ambiguous Compromise: Language, Literacy and National Identity

Synopsis

This volume features an analysis of the fiction and poetry written in French by Algerian and Moroccan authors since independence from French colonial rule. The authors aim to show that the central dilemma of African literature is due to the translation of a spoken language into a printed form.

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