JJ Rabearivelo, literature, and lingua franca in colonial Madagascar
By: Moradewun Adejunmobi.
Series: Francophone cultures and literatures ;; v. 12
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
Subjects: Rabearivelo, Jean-Joseph, 1901-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Malagasy literature (French) -- History and criticism.
Description: The impact of colonization on literature and culture remains the subject of much literary investigation. This book revisits the issue from the perspective of early French colonialism in the 1920s and 30s, and examines literary activity on the great African island of Madagascar during those decades. The life and creative works of the Malagasy author, JJ Rabearivelo are its central concern.

This book further emphasizes the connections between the colonial context of Rabearivelo's writing and the possibilities of publication, international reception and canonical consecration for his works. Above all, JJ Rabearivelo, Literature and Lingua Franca in Colonial Madagascar contributes new insights to our understanding of the process by which political literary authority can be appropriated by a metropolitan language at the expense of the natural lingua franca of the colonized population.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-344) and index.