6. Francophonie
A selective listing of literature surveys, subject dictionaries, bibliographies, literary histories and specialized sources is presented here, arranged by region.
Literature Surveys and Subject Dictionaries
Africa and North Africa
The African studies companion: a guide to information sources / editor: Hans M. Zell. 3rd rev. and expanded ed. Lochcarron: Hans Zell, 2003.
Widener: RR 3970.9
Lists all types of reference sources (bibliographies, dictionaries, directories, film guides, encyclopedias, dissertations, etc.). Includes a selective list of major African studies periodicals by country (mostly multidisciplinary). Also lists by country: libraries, publishers, dealers, organizations.
African writers / C. Brian Cox, editor. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; London: Simon & Schuster Prentice Hall International, 1997.
Widener: RR 3491.15 (see HOLLIS record for listing of authors included)
Lamont: REF.ROOM PL8010 .A453 1997
Déjeux, Jean. Dictionnaire des auteurs maghrébins de langue Française. Paris: Karthala, 1984.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3988.5.N6 D43 1984
Contents: Algérie: littérature de fiction et d'essais, histoire, sciences humaines, arts (1880-1982) -- Maroc: littérature de fiction et d'essais (1920-1982) -- Tunisie: littérature de fiction et d'essais (1900-1982)
Dictionnaire des oeuvres algériennes en langue française: essais, romans, nouvelles, contes, récits autobiographiques, théâtre, poésie, récits pour enfants / sous la direction de Christiane Achour. Paris : L'Harmattan, 1990.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3988.5.A5 D53 1990
Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires de langue française en Afrique au sud du Sahara / sous la direction d'Ambroise Kom. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2001.Brief signed descriptions of each work.
Widener: PQ3980.A52 D54 2001x
Ormerod, Beverley. Romancières africaines d'expression française: le sud du Sahara / Beverley Ormerod et Jean-Marie Volet. Paris: Editions l'Harmattan, 1994.Contents: v. 1. Des origines à 1978 -- v. 2. De 1979 à 1989. Includes index.
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3981 .O76x
Short bio-bibliographical entries for each author. Photos and side-bar interviews.
Pius Ngandu Nkashama. Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires africaines de langue française. Ivry-sur-Seine: Editions nouvelles du sud, 1994.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3980.A52 P58 1994x
Descriptions of works presented under the headings of Roman, Poésie and Théâtre with author and title indexes.
Canada
Contemporary Canadian authors. New York; Toronto: Gale Canada, 1996-
Widener: WID-LC Z1374 .C65x
Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires du Québec
/ sous la direction de Maurice Lemire. Montréal: Fides, 1978-
Widener: WID-LC PQ3901 .D5
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3901 .D5
Signed articles on authors, literary and cultural concepts. Contents: t. 1. Des origines à 1900 -- t. 2. 1900-1939 -- t. 3. 1940-1959 -- t. 4. 1960-1969 -- t. 5. 1970-1975 -- t. 6. 1976-1980 -- t. 7. 1981-1985. Some bibliographies. Publication ongoing.
Légaré, Yves. Dictionnaire des écrivains québécois contemporains. Montréal, Québec: Québec/Amérique, 1983.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3904 .L37 1983
Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean: a critical guide to research
sources / edited by Paula H. Covington. New York: Greenwood
Press, 1992.
Widener: RR 3653.8
Tozzer: REF F 1408.Z99 L26 1992
An interdisciplinary guide to reference and bibliographical sources on Latin America and the Caribbean. Topical chapters from anthropology to women's studies. Introductory essays on each subject followed by bibliographies. History, literature and performing arts among the topics treated.
Bibliographies
Africa and North Africa
African, Caribbean, and Latin-American writers / selected by Bernth Lindfors and Ann González. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000.
Widener: WID-LC PN451 .C64 1999x vol. 3
A bio-bibliographical dictionary
Bibliothèque nationale (France). Littératures africaines à la Bibliothèque nationale:
catalogue des ouvrages d'écrivains africains et de la littérature critique s'y rapportant entrés à la Bibliothèque nationale / établi par Paulette Lordereau. Paris: La Bibliothèque, 1984- (in 2 vols.: [1] 1973-1983 -- [2] 1920-1972)
Widener: WID-LC PL8010.Z99 L57
Catalog entries of the Bibliothèque Nationale's acquisitions from 1920-1972. Largely French language works.
Bonn, Charles. Bibliographie de la critique sur les littératures maghrébines / Charles Bonn et la Coordination internationale des chercheurs sur les littératures maghrébines. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1996.
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3988.5.N6 B656x 1996
Lists critical works and collective works, conference proceedings, special issues of journals and anthologies. No indexes.
D'Ambrosio, Nicola. Bibliographie méthodique de la poésie maghrébine de langue française: 1945-1989 / Nicola D'Ambrosio.Fasano, Br, Italia: Schena; Paris, France: A.-G. Nizet, 1991.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3988.5.N6 Z9929 1991x
Cooperative Africana Microform Project (CAMP)
The Center for Research Libraries' microfom collection of selected newspaper, journals, government publications, archival materials, personal papers of Sub-Saharan Africa. Publications in English, European and African language publications are included. Materials may be borrowed via Widener Interlibrary Loan's online form.
Electronic Journal Of Africana Bibliography
Sponsored by the University of Iowa Libraries, the "EJAB is a refereed online journal of bibliographies on any aspect of Africa, its peoples, their homes, cities, towns, districts, states, countries, regions, including social, economic sustainable development, creative literature, the arts, and the Diaspora." Bibliographies cover materials located in archives in the United States, United Kingdom and other Commonwealth and Francophone archives.
Dugas, Guy. Bibliographie critique de la littérature
judéo-maghrébine d'expression française: 1896-1990.
[Paris]: Université Paris-Nord; [Alger]: Université d'Alger;
[Paris]: L'Harmattan, 1992.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3988.5.N6 Z993 1992x
Widener: Consult Judaica Division
Repertoire of works, arranged by author, with capsule summaries. Separate chronological listing and section on criticism.
Journal of Commonwealth literature. no. 1- 1965-
Oxford, England: Hans Zell Publishers.
Widener: P 247.8; current issues in Periodicals Reading Room Stacks
"Annual bibliography of Commonwealth Literature" for the preceding year published in the December issue. Overview of the year followed by general and individual author bibliographies, works arranged by genre, letters and anthologies, criticism and non-fiction. Materials on Canada relate to this course.
Hitchcott, Nicki. Women writers in Francophone Africa. Oxford; New York: Berg, 2000.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3980 .H58 2000x
Text followed by substantial bibliography, "African Women's Writing in France," with Novels and Short Stories, Essay, Poetry, Theatre and Studies, along with bibliographies on Mariama Bal, Aminata Sow Fall, Werewere Liking and Calixthe Beyala.
LITAF: Littérature Africaine Francophone
The web version of LITAF includes:
- les oeuvres littéraires d'expression française (environ 5000 notices) publiées en volume par des auteurs originaires de l'Afrique subsaharienne: roman, récit, nouvelle, poésie, théâtre, conte, autobiographie / mémoires, essai, chronique;
- les anthologies et recueils (environ 250 notices) : il reste, cependant, à terminer la saisie pour les oeuvres individuelles (nouvelles, poèmes) publiées dans une anthologie ou un recueil;
- les traductions en français (environ 600 notices) des oeuvres littéraires africaines écrites dans d'autres langues (langues européennes- anglais, portugais, espagnol- ou langues africaines);
- un certain nombre de notices (environ 700) qui relèvent de ce qui est convenu d'appeler la " littérature traditionnelle " (collecte de légendes, mythes, proverbes, travaux scientifiques, etc.), de la littérature pour la jeunesse, de la bande dessinée ou encore de l'édition scolaire (manuels de littérature); ces domaines, dont le recensement n'est pas à jour, seront étendus dans les mises à jour ultérieures.
--from "la base des données de litaf"
Limb, Peter. Bibliography of African literatures / Peter Limb and Jean-Marie Volet. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1996.
Widener: WID-LC PN849.A35 Z995 1996x
Arranged by language of the literary work. Includes a section on French literatures. Further breakdown by country. Includes an author index and a country index.
Notre librairie. 62- 1981-
[Paris]: C.L.E.F.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3980 .A36x; current issues in Periodical Room stacks
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3980 .A36x for v. 35-61 (1977-81) + CD-ROM
"Revue de référence, d'actualité et de critique sur les littératures d'Afrique, des Caraïbes et de l'océan Indien." Issued by the ADPF (Association pour la Diffusion de la Pensée française), Ministère des Affaires étrangères.For more information and an index to articles, 1969-2003, see: Notre librairie-revue des littératures du sud.
Porgès, Laurence. Sources d'information sur l'Afrique noire francophone et Madagascar: institutions, répertoires, bibliographies. Paris: Ministère de la Coopération: La Documentation française, 1988.
Widener: Harvard Depository (can be checked out)
An expanded edition of an earlier bibliography, containing a wide range of sources, in two arrangements: general/regional and by country. Includes research institutions and scholarly publications, government documents, journals, dissertations, other bibliographies.
Postcolonial African writers: a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook / edited by Pushpa Naidu Parekh and Siga Fatima Jagne ; foreword by Carole Boyce Davies; Emmanuel S. Nelson, advisory editor. London; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998.
Widener: RR 3491.20
Canada
Chartier, Daniel. Guide de culture et de littérature québécoises: les grandes oeuvres, les traductions, les études et les adresses culturelles / [Québec]: Éditions Nota bene, 1999.
Widener: Harvard Depository F1052 .C49 1999
A pocket guide including a bibliography of original editions, translations, anthologies, a filmography, a bibliography of studies of society and culture, and a directory of cultural and arts organizations.
Dionne, René. Bibliographie de la critique de la littérature québécoise et canadienne-française dans les revues canadiennes / René Dionne et Pierre Cantin. [Ottawa]: Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa, 1988-
Widener: WID-LC PQ3901.Z99 D56 x 1988
In progress; published thus far: [1] 1974-1978 -- [2] 1979-1982 -- [3]. 1760-1899 -- [4] 1983-1984.
Hamel, Réginald. Dictionnaire des auteurs de langue française en Amérique du Nord / Réginald Hamel, John Hare, Paul Wyczynski. [Montréal]: Fides, [1989]
Widener: WID-LC PQ3904 .H29 1989x
Biographies (some with photos) and bibliographies of primary and secondary works. Coverage through 1986.
Caribbean
Caribbean writers: a bio-bibliographical-critical encyclopedia / editor, Donald E. Herdeck, associate editors, Maurice A. Lubin ... [et al.], Margaret Laniak-Herdeck; Washington: Three Continents Press, 1979.
Widener: Harvard Depository (can be checked out)
Covers English, Dutch, French and Spanish writers, with capsule biographies and bibliographies for each author. In the French section of the work are Essays on Haiti and the French Antilles, and lists of writers by country. General bibliography, "Francophone literature: Critical Studies/Anthologies" and "Francophone Literature: Selected Journals" are included.
Comitas, Lambros. The complete Caribbeana, 1900-1975: a bibliographic
guide to the scholarly literature / Lambros Comitas; under
the auspices of the Research Institute for the Study of Man. Millwood,
NY: KTO Press, 1977.
Widener: WID-LC F2161.Z99 C65 x
Tozzer: REF F 2161.Z99 C6 1977
In three volumes: --1. People (ethnohistory, biography, demography) --2. Institutions (culture, religion, folklore, language and literature, etc. and --3. Resources (socioeconomic activities, environmental, agricultural, etc.)
Fenwick, M. J. Writers of the Caribbean and Central America:
a bibliography. New York: Garland, 1992.
Widener: WID-LC PN849.C3 Z994 1992x
Short entries for authors and their works, covering several languages
for the Antilles countries and others.
Goslinga, Marian. A bibliography of the Caribbean.
Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1996.
Widener: WID-LC F2161.Z99 G67 1996x
Tozzer: REF F2161.Z99 G6 1996
Includes historical materials published prior to the 20th century, reference sources and contemporary works arranged by topic (history, language and literature, economics, politics, the arts, etc. Publications in English, French, Spanish and Dutch are listed.
Goslinga, Marian. Caribbean literature: a bibliography. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1998.
Widener: RR 3231.5
Provides general bibliographies and bio-bibliographies, then lists sources related to the Spanish-speaking, English speaking, French-speaking and Dutch-speaking countries of the Caribbean. In addition to bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, anthologies, history and criticism and genre-related sources are presented.
Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth. Caribbean women novelists: an annotated critical bibliography / compiled by Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert and Olga Torres-Seda; with contributions from he Dutch by Hilda van Neck-Yoder. Westport, Conn.; London: Greenwood Press, 1993.
Widener: WID-LC PN849.C3 Z997 1993x
A source to assist in the comparative study of French, English, Spanish and Dutch Caribbean literature. General bibliography followed by primary (original works and translations) and secondary works (essays, reviews, criticism, interviews) on individual authors.
Country Bibliographies
The following volumes of the World bibliographical series are selective bibliographies including chapters on the country and its people, geography, travel, archaeology, anthropology, history, international relations and diplomatic history, ideas and intellectual history, population, society and social conditions, labour and union, government and politics, language, linguistics, folklore, literature, art and architecture, theatre and cinema, media, statistics, newpapers and general bibliographies.
Lawless, Richard I. Algeria. Rev. ed. Oxford, England; Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press, 1995. World bibliographical series; v. 19 )
Widener: WID-LC DT275.Z99 L38 1995x
Gagnon, Alain. Québec. Oxford, England; Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press, 1998.
(World bibliographical series; v. 211 )
Widener: WID-LC F1052.Z99 G34 1998x
Pazzanita, Anthony G. The Maghreb / Anthony G. Pazzanita, compiler. Oxford, England; Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press, 1998. (World bibliographical series; v. 208)
Widener: Harvard Depository DT185 .P39 1998
**Other countries are also represented in Widener's collection. To locate other titles, use Expanded Search in HOLLIS with:
keywords (name of country)
and
Series keywords: world bibliographical series
Literary Histories and Specialized Sources
A selection follows. To find additional specialized sources, the following subject heading patterns will be useful (In HOLLIS, Browse Subject beginning with…)
African literature (African fiction, African poetry, African drama, etc.)--all subdivide by topic and geographical region
e.g. African literature--20th century--History and criticism
Caribbean literature--Bibliography
Caribbean literature (French)--African influences
African literature (French)
Algerian literature (French)
Cameroon literature (French)
Caribbean literature (French)
Caribbean literature (French Creole)
French-Canadian literature
French-Canadian literature--Québec (Province)
French literature--French-speaking countries
Africa, French-speaking equitorial--Fiction
Africa, French-speaking, West--Fiction
Or --Bibliography Africa, French-speaking, West--Literature--20th century, etc.
North African literature (or fiction, drama, etc.) (French)
West African fiction (French)
Senegalese fiction (French), and other literatures
To find more literary histories in HOLLIS, Browse Subject beginning with…
e.g. West African fiction (French)--History and criticism
or
(The subdivision History and criticism may be used with the main headings above).
Antoine, Régis. La littérature franco-antillaise. Paris: Karthala, 1992.
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3940 .A85 1992
A literary history covering the literatures of Haïti, Guadeloupe and Martinique, with chapters on Césaire, the surrealists, Saint-John Perse, l'exotisme antillais and modernity in Guadeloupe and Martinique.
Bonn, Charles. Répertoire international des thèses sur les littératures maghrébines / Charles Bonn et la Coordination internationale des chercheurs sur les littératures maghrébines. Paris, France: L'Harmattan, 1996.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3988.5.A5 Z993 1996x
Includes dissertations completed and in progress with keyword descriptors and some summaries.
The Cambridge history of African and Caribbean literature / edited by F. Abiola Irele and Simon Gikandi. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Widener: WID-LC PN841 .C36 2004x
A major literary history providing an introduction to "the entire body of productions that can be considered to comprise the field of African literature, defined both by imaginative expression in Africa itself and the black diaspora."
Conteh-Morgan, John. Theatre and drama in Francophone Africa: a critical introduction. Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3983 .C66 1994
The first study of African drama in French: its development, themes and techniques.
Déjeux, Jean. La littérature féminine de langue française au Maghreb. Paris: Karthala, 1994.
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3988.5.N6 D435 1994
A bio-bibliographical source of Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian authors writing in French.
Déjeux, Jean. Maghreb: littératures de langue française. Paris: Arcantère, 1993.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3988.5.N6 D436 1993
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3988.5.N6 D39 1993
The literature of the Maghreb viewed from three perspectives: (1) literary history (all genres) (2) sociology (publishing, critical reception in France and other parts of the world) and (3) Bibliography by country, 1945-1989.
Dehon, Claire L. Le réalisme africain: le roman francophone en Afrique subsaharienne. Paris, France: L'Harmattan, 2002.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3984 .D44 2002
This study concentrates on the realist novel, the historical novel, the themes of the prison and revolt and on narative techniques.
Dia, Hamidou. Poésie africaine et engagement: parcours libre. Paris: ACORIA, 2003.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3982 .D53 2003x
A subjective and selective study of the poetry of the past fifty years. --Preface
Encyclopedia of postcolonial studies / edited by John C. Hawley; Emmanuel S. Nelson, advisory editor. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2001.
Widener: WID-LC PN849.U43 E53 2001
Lamont: REF.ROOM PN849.U43 E53 2001
Fiangor, Rogo Koffi M. Le théâtre africain francophone: analyse de l'écriture, de l'évolution et des apports interculturels. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2002.
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3983 .F53 2002
A brief history of African theater, followed by a study of the productions of the Concours théâtrale interafricain, 1968-1992, and of other West African theater festivals. List of laureats and bibliography.
The Francophone Caribbean today: literature, language, culture / edited by Gertrud Aub- Buscher and Beverley Ormerod Noakes. Barbados: University of the West Indies Press, 2003.
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3940 .F73 2003x
Literary and linguistic aspects of the Caribbean in the 21st century, focusing on Martinique, Guadeloupe, Haiti and Dominica. A festschrift for Bridget Jones.
Bibliography of prose fiction in French or French Creole published from 1980-2000
Francophone studies: discourse and identity / edited by Kamal Salhi. Exeter: Elm Bank, 2000.
Widener: Harvard Depository (can be checked out)
Francophonie: mythes, masques et réalités: enjeux politiques et culturels / sous la direction de Bridget Jones, Arnauld Miguet, Patrick Corcoran. Paris: Publisud, 1996.
Widener: Harvard Depository PC3552 .F743 1996
Frontières de la francophonie: Francophonie sans frontières
/ sous la direction de Véronique Bonnet; [contributions par Pierre
Zoberman ... et al.]. Paris: Harmattan, 2002.
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3809 .F76 2002
Essays from a conference sponsored by the Centre d'Etudes Francophones et Comparées de l'Université Paris XIII-Villetaneuse.
Frontières flottantes: lieu et espace dans les cultures francophones du Canada = Shifting boundaries: place and space in the francophone cultures of Canada / sous la direction de= edited by Jaap Lintvelt et = and François Paré. Amsterdam; New York: Rodopi, 2001.
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3908 .F76 2001
Studies how the multiple representations of space in Francophone Canadian literature and culture (in the novel, theater and film) define identity, exile, sexuality.
Herzberger-Fofana, Pierrette. Littérature féminine francophone d'Afrique noire: suivi d'un dictionnaire des romancières. Paris, France: L'Harmattan, 2000.
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3984 .H47 2000
The author studies the emergence of women's literature in the region, literary production and other topics, chapters on individual writers and prominent themes, interviews of ten writers, short biographical essays, lexicon of African French and bibliography.
Irele, Abiola. The African imagination: literature in Africa & the Black diaspora. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Widener: WID-LC PL8010 .I74 2001
Jack, Belinda Elizabeth. Negritude and literary criticism: the history and theory of "Negro- African" literature in French. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3980 .J33 1996
The intent of this work is to follow the "development of secondary discourses concerned with the body of literary works known (in one instance) as Negro-African literature in French," placing an emphasis on general and theoretical works and exploring the role of Negritude in secondary texts. --Introduction
Kemedjio, Cilas. De la négritude à la créolité: Edouard Glissant, Maryse Condé et la malédiction de la théorie. Hamburg: Lit, 1999.
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3940 .K45 1999x
Kesteloot, Lilyan. Histoire de la littérature négro-africaine. Paris: Karthala, 2001.
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3980.5 .K477 2001x
Traces literary history from its origins in oral and colonial literature to the year 2000. Extensive bibliography of primary sources and secondary sources (literature and history).
Miller, Christopher L. Theories of Africans: Francophone
literature and anthropology in Africa. Chicago: University
of Chicago Press, 1990.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3980 .M55 1990
Child Memorial: ChM 1018.4.1
Lamont: PQ3980 .M55 1990
Tozzer: AFR. SUDAN M 612 t
Moura, Jean-Marc. Littératures francophones et théorie postcoloniale. 1re éd. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1999.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3897 .M73 1999
An exploration of language, literature in relation to francophonie and postcolonial theory. Ends with "Pour une théorie postcoloniale francophone." Bibliography of postcolonial criticism, history and theory.
Pius Ngandu Nkashama. Les années littéraires en Afrique: 1912-1987. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1993.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3980 .P58 1993x
Pius Ngandu Nkashama. Les années littéraires en Afrique, 1987-1992. Paris: Editions L'Harmattan, 1994.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3980 .P582 1994x
Companion volumes of classified listings of publications: by title, author and in a chronological arrangement.
Rouch, Alain. Littératures nationales d'écriture française: Afrique noire, Caraïbes, océan indien: histoire littéraire et anthologie / Alain Rouch, Gérard Clavreuil. 1ère éd. Paris: Bordas, 1987.
Widener WID-LC PQ3809 .R75 1987
Taifi, Mohamed. Le roman négro-africain d'expression française.[Rabat? : s.n., 1993] (Rabat, Maroc: Imprimerie El maârif Al Jadida)
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ3984 .T35 1993x
Taoua, Phyllis. Forms of protest: anti-colonialism and avant-gardes in Africa, the Caribbean, and France. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2002.
Widener: WID-LC PQ3980.5 .T36 2002
A study of "how writers from France and the former colonies have defined discourses of liberation in dialogue with one another" in the twentieth century.
Tonnet-Lacroix, Eliane. La littérature française et francophone de 1945 à l'an 2000. Paris: Harmattan, 2003.
Widener: Harvard Depository PQ305 .T57 2003x
A literary history which explores the nouvel après-guerre, the sixties (structuralism and avant-gardism) and the fin-de-siècle (the postmodern and the "reflux" of structuralism).