Hacking Classical Forms in Haitian Literature

著者名：Hawkins, Tom

Routledge（2023/10/31発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780367410292
• eISBN：9781000936384

Description

This is the first book to study how Haitian authors 窶� from independence in 1804 to the modern Haitian diaspora 窶� have adapted Greco-Roman material and harnessed it to Haiti窶冱 legacy as the world窶冱 first anti-colonial nation-state.

In nine chronologically organized chapters built around individual Haitian authors, Hawkins takes readers on a journey through one strand of Haitian literary history that draws on material from ancient Greece and Rome. This cross-disciplinary exploration is composed in a way that invites all readers to discover a rich and exciting cultural exchange that foregrounds the variety of ways that Haitian authors have 窶鷲acked classical forms窶� as part of their creative process. Students of ancient Mediterranean cultures will learn about a branch of the Greco-Roman legacy that has never been deeply explored. Experts in Caribbean culture will find a robust register of Haitian literature that will enrich familiar texts. And those interested in anti-colonial movements will encounter a host of examples of artists creatively engaging with literary monuments from the past in ways that always keep the Haitian experience in central focus.

Written in a broadly accessible style, Hacking Classical Forms in Haitian Literature appeals to anyone interested in Haiti, Haitian literature and history, anti-colonial literature, or classical reception studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Historical Segue 1: 1804-1822: Saturn窶冱 Children; 1. 窶聾e are all Greeks窶�: President Boyer窶冱 Letter to Greek Revolutionaries (1822); 2. The 窶廊ake of Lies窶�: Émeric Bergeaud窶冱 Stella (1859); 3. On Haiti and Black Egypt: Anténor Firmin窶冱 De l窶�Égalité des Races Humaines (1885); Historical Segue 2: From 19th c. Nationalism to 20th c. Populism; 4. A jumble of names: Fernand Hibbert窶冱 Romulus (1908); 5. Cleopatras and Sapphos of the Haitian Countryside: Jean Price-Mars, Ansi Parla l窶儖ncle (1928); 6. Sophocles becomes a Haitian Writer: Félix Morisseau-Leroy, Antigòn en Creole (1953); Historical Segue 3: Duvalierism and the Haitian Diaspora; 7. Antigòn in West Africa: Morisseau-Leroy窶冱 Wa Kreyon; 8. 窶連s though Picasso were Tagging with Spraypaint窶�: Dany Laferrière窶冱 Le cri des oiseaux fous; 9. Edwidge Danticat and the Revolt against Silence 窶� with Julia Nelson Hawkins; Coda.