René Maran à Maurice Barrès : d’un « écrivain français » à l’autre

In the letters addressed to Maurice Barrès the years preceding Batouala, a true black novel publication, between 1917 and 1920, topics of Rene Maran authorial intention and exposure are highlighted. As a matter of fact, it seems writing may have been an ontological imperative, namely the demonstrati...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:85a059f7c0b742f08f1faf20b48215622021-12-02T09:53:20ZRené Maran à Maurice Barrès : d’un « écrivain français » à l’autre2275-174210.4000/coma.7775https://doaj.org/article/85a059f7c0b742f08f1faf20b48215622021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/coma/7775https://doaj.org/toc/2275-1742In the letters addressed to Maurice Barrès the years preceding Batouala, a true black novel publication, between 1917 and 1920, topics of Rene Maran authorial intention and exposure are highlighted. As a matter of fact, it seems writing may have been an ontological imperative, namely the demonstration that “negroes” are men like the others. The author of Un homme pareil aux autres stages himself as a prime example and ambassador of the black civil rights advancement because they are so-called “perfectible beings”. Reading these letters allows us to assess the meaning of his “French writer profession”, the “antiracist fight” he has been able to take part in The universal league for the defense of the negro race. It is in the light of negritude that his involvement could make sense being “a practice without a theory” built upon the “questions raised by the negro presence in the world” and “his perception by others and his self-perception”.Xavier LuceInstitut des textes & manuscrits modernes (ITEM)articleAssimilationabolitionnist movementracismnegritudeRené MaranLanguage and LiteraturePENFRContinents manuscrits, Vol 17 (2021)
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topic Assimilation
abolitionnist movement
racism
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racism
negritude
René Maran
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Xavier Luce
René Maran à Maurice Barrès : d’un « écrivain français » à l’autre
description In the letters addressed to Maurice Barrès the years preceding Batouala, a true black novel publication, between 1917 and 1920, topics of Rene Maran authorial intention and exposure are highlighted. As a matter of fact, it seems writing may have been an ontological imperative, namely the demonstration that “negroes” are men like the others. The author of Un homme pareil aux autres stages himself as a prime example and ambassador of the black civil rights advancement because they are so-called “perfectible beings”. Reading these letters allows us to assess the meaning of his “French writer profession”, the “antiracist fight” he has been able to take part in The universal league for the defense of the negro race. It is in the light of negritude that his involvement could make sense being “a practice without a theory” built upon the “questions raised by the negro presence in the world” and “his perception by others and his self-perception”.
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title René Maran à Maurice Barrès : d’un « écrivain français » à l’autre
title_short René Maran à Maurice Barrès : d’un « écrivain français » à l’autre
title_full René Maran à Maurice Barrès : d’un « écrivain français » à l’autre
title_fullStr René Maran à Maurice Barrès : d’un « écrivain français » à l’autre
title_full_unstemmed René Maran à Maurice Barrès : d’un « écrivain français » à l’autre
title_sort rené maran à maurice barrès : d’un « écrivain français » à l’autre
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