Synopses & Reviews
Mildred Mortimer questions the preeminence of outer and inner voyages in the francophone African novel. Rooted in both African oral tradition and the European novel, the journey motif not only reflects cultural blending but also African experiences of migration, exploration, and conquest. The author focuses on the importance of orature to African writing, links between Maghrebian and sub-Saharan African fiction, and the distinction between men's and women's journeys.
Review
. . . a landmark book. Mildred Mortimer's critical analysis of contemporary French-African fiction is comprehensive, searching, and extensively documented . . .World Literature Today
Synopsis
Mildred Mortimer questions the preeminence of outer and inner voyages in the francophone African novel.
About the Author
Mildred Mortimer is Associate Professor of French and French African Literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her published works include Contes africains, Mouloud Mammeri, ecrivain algerien, Assia Djebar, and numerous articles on fancophone African fiction.