Liquid spaces : (re)thinking transnationalism in an era of globalization
(2019) Literary Transnationalism(s) — 28-36, published
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- This paper aims to analyze the main arguments of the Manifeste pour une littérature-monde en français and to emphasize some critical implications that are not only limited to the so-called francophonie, but that define a contemporary way of characterizing supranational spaces. Indeed, this manifesto presents a paradox: it criticizes the francophonie, a transnational space, because of its lack of transnationalism. However, one can understand this paradox by considering the main point of this text that superimposes a global imaginary on the linguistic criterion. According to this juxtaposition, the use of a language can never be subsumed by a sharply delineated geographical space, because in the era of globalization this kind of space is fluid, liquid – it is permanently redrawn by the mobility of the writers and their imaginary. Through the example of some paradigmatic writers, like K. Ishiguro, A. Mabanckou, A. Neuman or S. Rushdie, we will demonstrate that this liquid transnationalism is particularly relevant for theorizing and modeling the nomadism or the in-betweenness of so many contemporary authors. We will also prove that this liquidity leads to a maximization of the transnationalism since it makes possible the enlargement of every transnational space to the global world.
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Dehoux, A. (2019). Liquid spaces : (re)thinking transnationalism in an era of globalization. In Theo D’haen et Dagmar Vandenbosch (éds.) (ed.), Literary Transnationalism(s) (pp. 28-36). Brill. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/222766