Date of Award
1991
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
French Studies
First Advisor
Nathaniel Wing
Abstract
This dissertation examines a selection of fictional texts by Marguerite Duras, Andre Gide, Assia Djebar and Tahar ben Jelloun. In my readings of these colonial and post-colonial narratives, I explore the textual strategies which transform marginalized positions based on colonialism, gender, sexual orientation and class into positions of dominance. In Gide and Duras, for example, this is evident in their complicity with dominant ideologies of colonialism. By contrast, the second section of the dissertation focuses on the oppositional strategies in the work of Djebar and ben Jelloun, two post-colonial writers from North Africa. Here, I analyze the ways in which the factors of gender and colonialism affect the "identity" of the post-colonial subject.
Recommended Citation
Chester, Suzanne Mary, "Dominance, Marginality, and Subversion in French (Post)colonial Discourse." (1991). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 5173.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/5173
Pages
216
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_disstheses.5173