Writing Cultural and Gender Difference: Sylviane Telchid's 'Throvia de la Dominique'

Ferly, Odile 2004. Writing Cultural and Gender Difference: Sylviane Telchid's 'Throvia de la Dominique'. New Readings 7 , pp. 1-23. 10.18573/newreadings.48

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Abstract

In her article Odile Ferly considers the literary movement of Créolité. This arose in the French Caribbean in the late 1980s and is characterised by the use of a French heavily influenced by the Creole language. Ferly examines how the linguistic project of Guadeloupean writer Sylviane Telchid has many similarities to those of the créolistes in its elaboration of a border language that recreates the rhythm and imagery of Creole, while remaining accessible to non-Creole speakers. She considers how Telchid succeeds in gendering her text, thereby challenging the sexist assumptions of many of her male counterparts – in particular the leaders of the créolité movement – that men are the main producers of culture in the French Caribbean.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Modern Languages
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PC Romance languages P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) P Language and Literature > PQ Romance literatures
Publisher:	Cardiff University Press
ISSN:	1359-7485
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 January 2020
Last Modified:	23 May 2023 15:58
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/128805

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