Exotic Subversions in Nineteenth-century French Fiction

by Jennifer Yee

Overview

In this book, Jennifer Yee examines the ways in which the imperialist enterprise is subverted in the French nineteenth-century exotic literature through detailed case studies of key works by Chateaubriand, Hugo, Flaubert and Segalen.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367603885
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/30/2020
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jennifer Yee is a Lecturer in French at the University of Oxford, and Student (Fellow) of Christ Church.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

Introduction 1

1 Shifting Ideologies in Chateaubriand's Epic Les Natchez 25

2 Victor Hugo and the Other as Divided Self in Bug-Jargal 45

3 Flaubert's Salammbô and the Subversion of Meaning 63

4 Exotic Polyphony: Victor Segalen and Les Immémoriaux 83

Conclusion 105

Bibliography 113

Index 121