Project description
Postcolonial literature in the Maghreb region
The EU-funded GLOMAG project will study Maghreb’s postcolonial literature in the 1950s and 1960s and explore these in an international context. The project will propose an interdisciplinary method that connects literary studies with social sciences, reframe the “national literature” used in studies under a transnational perspective, and question the postcolonial in the context of globalisation. GLOMAG intends to understand the effect of transnational circulation of texts and writers on literary recognition and places the transnational production of knowledge on this literature in a historical context. The project will use a bibliographical database and interviews with translators, compare the literary and political reception of female writers in the US and France, and historicise the nationalisation of Tunisian literature.
Objective
Global Maghreb: Transnational Recognition and Knowledge of a Postcolonial Literature offers a groundbreaking approach to the study of Postcolonial literatures and, more generally, literary history, by (1) promoting a genuinely interdisciplinary approach that spans both literary studies and the social sciences (i.e. sociology, history); (2) reframing the national literature used in literary studies with a transnational (and multilingual) perspective; and (3) questioning the Postcolonial in the context of Globalization. The objective is to understand the impact of transnational circulation of texts and writers on literary recognition, as well as to historicize the transnationally produced knowledge of these literatures. The research is focused on North-African countries that gained independence from France in the 1950s/1960s (i.e. Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) and examines them in an international landscape (ie., French, Arabic, English). The work is divided into three case studies. (1) Transnational intermediation of Maghreb literature develops a macro understanding of the circulation of texts, using a bibliographical database and interviews with translators and other intermediaries of the transnational circulation. (2) Female Maghreb Writers in the USA and France compares the literary/political reception of female writers and their work in the two countries. (3) Transnational creation of a national literature historicizes the nationalization of Tunisian literature and the exclusion of writers for political (European writers after independence), religious (Jewish writers), ethnic (Black writers) or linguistic (Francophone) reasons, and highlights the ongoing struggles on this literatures identity. The dual objectives of Recognition and Knowledge are inherently political. As such, GLOMAG is an original and effective means to combat (1) global cultural hierarchies, and (2) prejudices regarding so-called identities (especially those concerning Muslims).
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- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases
- humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistory
- humanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionreligionsislam
- social sciencessociologyglobalization
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinator
75794 Paris
France