Journal | Il Tolomeo
Monographic journal issue | 22 | 2020
Research Article | La critique environnementale dans les récits animaliers de René Maran
Abstract
This article aims at analysing René Maran’s five animal novels. In these texts, Maran criticizes the colonial system not only for its cruelty to the native population, but also for its ecological violence against the bush and its non-human inhabitants. In particular, this research will be focusing on the author’s ability to abandon a human (and colonial) point of view in order to adopt an animal one. On the one hand, this new subjectivity – as well as Maran’s comprehension of indigenous naturalist society – allows the writer to condemn the colonial period from an ecocritical perspective. On the other hand, it provides evidence of the existence of culture among the beasts of his novels. Finally, this article will also prove that it is thanks to their culture that Maran’s animals will try to resist the colonial-centred environment and ideology.
Submitted: Aug. 12, 2020 | Accepted: Sept. 25, 2020 | Published Dec. 22, 2020 | Language: fr
Keywords Postcolonial Studies • Environmental Humanities • Animal Studies • René Maran • Francophone Literature
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La critique environnementale dans les récits animaliers de René Maran |
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Milanesio Lia |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari |
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Research Article |
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fr |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/il-tolomeo/2020/1/la-critique-environnementale-dans-les-recits-anima/ |
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This article aims at analysing René Maran’s five animal novels. In these texts, Maran criticizes the colonial system not only for its cruelty to the native population, but also for its ecological violence against the bush and its non-human inhabitants. In particular, this research will be focusing on the author’s ability to abandon a human (and colonial) point of view in order to adopt an animal one. On the one hand, this new subjectivity – as well as Maran’s comprehension of indigenous naturalist society – allows the writer to condemn the colonial period from an ecocritical perspective. On the other hand, it provides evidence of the existence of culture among the beasts of his novels. Finally, this article will also prove that it is thanks to their culture that Maran’s animals will try to resist the colonial-centred environment and ideology. |
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Il Tolomeo |
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Vol. 22 | December 2020 |
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2020-12-22 |
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2020-09-25 |
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2020-08-12 |
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2499-5975 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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10.30687/Tol/2499-5975/2020/22/027 |
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yes |
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Animal Studies |
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Animal Studies |
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Environmental Humanities |
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Environmental Humanities |
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Francophone Literature |
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Francophone Literature |
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Postcolonial Studies |
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Postcolonial Studies |
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René Maran |
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René Maran |
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