French Literature Reviews - 2026
A. Bourse, Le Métis, une identité hybride ?
Francophone and Oral Literatures
Review published in Acta Fabula (September 2018, vol. 19, n° 8): Mathilde Bedel, "Caribbean Postcolonial Literature: The Mestizo Character as a Tool for Abandoning Identity Certainty"
Bibliographic reference: Alexandra Bourse, Le Métis, une identité hybride ?, Paris, Classiques Garnier, coll. "Perspectives comparatistes", 2017, 635 pages.
EAN : 9782406067306
59€
Publisher's overview:
Embodying an identity deemed problematic, the mixed-race character is interpreted by those around them who attempt to subsume them into predefined racial and sexual categories. By confronting this rigidity of thought, postcolonial literature questions its own presuppositions.
Published in the Perspectives comparatistes collection by Classiques Garnier, this expansive study by Alexandra Bourse investigates the figure of the mixed-race character within postcolonial literature. Often interpreted through the lens of a supposedly problematic identity, this figure confronts the rigid racial and sexual categories imposed by society. By examining these dynamics, postcolonial writing critically evaluates its own ideological presuppositions and challenges entrenched modes of perception. The volume offers a thorough engagement with literature that foregrounds cultural hybridity and the questioning of established social norms.
This scholarly resource will prove particularly useful for students, researchers, and readers interested in postcolonial studies, comparative literature, and the representation of identity in modern fiction. Situated within the broader intellectual tradition of postcolonial critique, the book addresses fundamental questions regarding how literature negotiates alterity and resists fixed categorizations. It invites a reconsideration of the ways in which narrative texts dismantle binary oppositions, making it a valuable addition to contemporary literary theory and Francophone literary scholarship.