Lecture: Nouvelles littératures francophones du Pacifique with Lambert Barthélémy

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Lecture (French), moderated by Prof. Dr. Daniel Winkler

Since the 1980s, a new French literature of expression has emerged in the French-speaking world. It distinguishes itself and distances itself from the exotic literature produced up to now through three distinct aspects: the awareness of the value of the ancestral cultural heritage in polyethnic societies, the development of post-colonial issues and the implementation of strategies for the potentialization of the language through vernacular languages. It is on the basis of these three major dynamics that Lambert Barthélémy will hold his conference, focusing on works mainly produced by women in New Caledonia and Polynesia, such as Chantal Spitz, Rai Chase, Dewe Gorode and Paul Tavo. Lambert Barthélémy teaches General and Comparative Literature at the University of Montpellier 3, where he also directs the Master of Cultural Studies.

Il a publié métamorphose du commun (Fissile, 2008) et Fictions de l’errance (Garnier, 2012), ainsi que de nombreux articles sur l’art et la littérature modernes et contemporains. Il est en outre traducteur de l’allemand et dirige les Éditions Grèges (www.editionsgreges.fr).