Black Canadian Literature in Francophone Quebec

• Autores: Susan Irel, Patrice J. Proulx
• Localización: The Routledge Handbook of Black Canadian Literature / Andrea A. Davis (ed. lit.), Leslie Sanders (ed. lit.), 2025, ISBN 9780367742003, págs. 115-133
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This chapter provides a detailed analysis of literary works written by Black francophone authors living in Quebec. After a brief historical introduction on the waves of immigrants who arrived in the province from the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa from the 1960s to the present, this chapter is divided into five parts which, taken together, illustrate the important role played by Black writers in the diversification of Québécois literature. The first section, which is devoted to the impact of Black poets, begins with a discussion of the influential group known as Haïti Littéraire, looks at the political poetry of writers from Africa, and concludes with an examination of a new generation of poets who were either born in Quebec or grew up there. The following sections focus on a series of themes that recur frequently in the fictional works: the representation of urban space, the contestation of racial stereotypes and gender roles, the inscription of memory and loss, and the portrayal of sociopolitical issues faced by Sub-Saharan African countries after independence.