Exotic Subversions in Nineteenth-century French Fiction - 9780367603885

Taylor & Francis

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. > 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. > Introduction 1. Shifting Ideologies in Chateaubriand's Epic Les Natchez 2. Victor Hugo and the Other as Divided Self in Bug-Jargal 3. Flaubert's Salammb\u00F4 and the Subversion of Meaning 4. Exotic Polyphony: Victor Segalen and Les Imm\u00E9moriaux 5. Conclusion