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Journal | Il Tolomeo
Monographic journal issue | 22 | 2020
Research Article | Les catastrophes naturelles dans les romans caribéens d’expression française

Les catastrophes naturelles dans les romans caribéens d’expression française

Abstract

The notion of ‘disaster’ pervades the Caribbean thought. The common origin of the Caribbean region, the European colonization, caused two disasters: the extermination of Native Americans and the deportation of African slaves. The union between nature and the oppressed people against the oppressor resulted in the creation of an environmental conscience that the Caribbean literature has often expressed. This essay will investigate the common points shared by some Haitian, Martinican and Guadeloupean authors in the writing of natural hazards. It will show that, despite the diversity that marks the Caribbean, there is a repetition of common features that proves its geopoetic unity.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: July 30, 2020 | Accepted: Sept. 9, 2020 | Published Dec. 22, 2020 | Language: fr

Keywords French-Caribbean Literature • Disaster literature • Ecoliterature • Haitian Literature • Natural disasters

Copyright © 2020 Alessia Vignoli. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Tol/2499-5975/2020/22/026


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