Journal | Il Tolomeo
Journal issue | 24 | 2022
Research Article | La Lézarde (1958) and Malemort (1975) by Édouard Glissant: Telling the Archipelago Aesthetics from Martinique and the Caribbean Area
Abstract
In this work, we will mainly focus on Edouard Glissant’s archipelago aesthetics. Indeed, the West Indian novelist-orator uses in La Lézarde (1958) and Malemort (1975) a kind of rhetoric which reflects not only the history of the slave trade, but also the Caribbean island landscape. This is how the writer cultivates Caribbean ethnopoetics, without falling into the trap of standardisation or reductionism. In others words, the fiery indictment that the writer has drawn up against the oppressors is inextricably linked to a plea made to defend the cause of West Indian culture, by exhorting the Caribbean people to recover their historical memory and to take their destiny into their own hands. It is specifically in that context that the Edouard Glissant’s romantic epic and sublime beauty are fully in line with his archipelago aesthetics.
Submitted: July 7, 2022 | Accepted: Sept. 29, 2022 | Published Dec. 19, 2022 | Language: fr
Keywords Archipelago aesthetics • Romantic epic • Edouard Glissant • Sublime beauty • Malemort • Caribbean ethnopoetics • La Lézarde
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La Lézarde (1958) and Malemort (1975) by Édouard Glissant: Telling the Archipelago Aesthetics from Martinique and the Caribbean Area |
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Rhimi Mohamed Lamine |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, 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/2022/1/la-lezarde-1958-et-malemort-1975-dedouard-glissant/ |
dc.description.abstract |
In this work, we will mainly focus on Edouard Glissant’s archipelago aesthetics. Indeed, the West Indian novelist-orator uses in La Lézarde (1958) and Malemort (1975) a kind of rhetoric which reflects not only the history of the slave trade, but also the Caribbean island landscape. This is how the writer cultivates Caribbean ethnopoetics, without falling into the trap of standardisation or reductionism. In others words, the fiery indictment that the writer has drawn up against the oppressors is inextricably linked to a plea made to defend the cause of West Indian culture, by exhorting the Caribbean people to recover their historical memory and to take their destiny into their own hands. It is specifically in that context that the Edouard Glissant’s romantic epic and sublime beauty are fully in line with his archipelago aesthetics. |
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Il Tolomeo |
dc.relation.ispartof |
Vol. 24 | December 2022 |
dc.issued |
2022-12-19 |
dc.dateAccepted |
2022-09-29 |
dc.dateSubmitted |
2022-07-07 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2499-5975 |
dc.rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
dc.identifier.doi |
10.30687/Tol/2499-5975/2022/01/018 |
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yes |
dc.subject |
Archipelago aesthetics |
dc.subject |
Caribbean ethnopoetics |
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Edouard Glissant |
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La Lézarde |
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Malemort |
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Romantic epic |
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Sublime beauty |
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