Littérature française, francophone et/ou extra-européenne ? Le cas René Maran

First Black Man awarded with the Goncourt Prize in France in 1921 for his novel Batouala, véritable roman nègre, René Maran was trapped in polemics that called into question his legitimacy in the French literary field. Was René Maran doomed to be read as “extra-European” because of his origins and h...

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Auteur principal: Harpin, Tina
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Français
Publié: 2024
Accès en ligne:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:First Black Man awarded with the Goncourt Prize in France in 1921 for his novel Batouala, véritable roman nègre, René Maran was trapped in polemics that called into question his legitimacy in the French literary field. Was René Maran doomed to be read as “extra-European” because of his origins and his skin color? This article sheds light on this author’s life and writings and analyses the issue of his reception in France and worldwide in order to challenge the labels assigned to male and female authors according to their writing themes, their origins and their “race”.