A Haitian's coming of age in 1959 in the postcolonial light and shadow of Castro and Duvalier.0773460535 A Haitian's coming of age in 1959 in the postcolonial post·co·lo·ni·al adj. Of, relating to, or being the time following the establishment of independence in a colony: postcolonial economics. light and shadow of Castro and Duvalier. Dorsinville, Max. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2005 229 pages $109.95 Hardcover Caribbean studies; v.18 PQ3919 This experimental text "is a first-person narrative
First-person narrative is a literary technique in which the story is narrated by one character, who explicitly refers to him or herself in the first person, that is, using words and phrases involving "I" and "we". that puts to the test the boundaries between fiction and History" (from the foreword). Presented in diary form, it describes one year (1959) in the life of a sixteen-year-old Haitian teenager, Jacques Narcisse Jr., as he comes to terms with his Antillean background and his upbringing in the U.S. and Canada. The narrative begins in French and then shifts to English, symbolizing sym·bol·ize v. sym·bol·ized, sym·bol·iz·ing, sym·bol·iz·es v.tr. 1. To serve as a symbol of: the poles of cultural integration Jacques is called upon to accept. Dorsinville uses the literary device of an unseen narrator NARRATOR. A pleader who draws narrs serviens narrator, a sergeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37. Obsolete. , who later finds the diary, as a means of commenting on its contents. He teaches Caribbean, postcolonial, and modernist literature The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. at McGill U. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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