LOOKING FOR THE REMNANTS OF HISTORICAL MEMORY THROUGH AFROPEAN IDENTITIES IN THE WORKS OF LÉONORA MIANO Cover Image

Hledání zbytků historické paměti v afropských identitách v díle Léonory Miano
LOOKING FOR THE REMNANTS OF HISTORICAL MEMORY THROUGH AFROPEAN IDENTITIES IN THE WORKS OF LÉONORA MIANO

Author(s): Petr Vurm
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: Léonora Miano;migritude;Saison de l’ombre;Intérieur de la nuit;history;memory;Afropean identity;migration;exile

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes in depth two works by the Cameroonian writer Léonora Miano. This author represents the contemporary migration writing coming from Subsaharan Africa, denotated sometimes as migritude and dealing with subjects such as migrations, exiles, hybridity, postcolonialism and post-postcolonialism and the individual vs collective experience. The paper focuses more closely on one particular aspect of her writing: the representation of the historical memory of Africa, through the newly established Afropean identity of her characters, who strive to find their place between Europe and Africa.

  • Issue Year: XXX/2020
  • Issue No: 61
  • Page Range: 139-147
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Czech
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