Du roman d’aventures colonial au roman d’aventures engagé : les aventures africaines pour la jeunesse au XXI siècle entre rupture et nostalgie.

Translated title of the contribution: From colonial adventure novels to committed adventure novels: Adventure books for children about Sub-Saharan Africa in the XXI century between rupture and nostalgia

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Abstract

Through the analysis of two adventure novels published in the 2000s - David Gilman's "The Devil's Breath", and Lauren St John's "White Giraffe" series - I show some of the mechanisms by which modern adventure novels for young people attempt to escape the colonialist legacy of the genre in which they are embedded, and I point out in what way they sometimes fail in their attempt.
Translated title of the contributionFrom colonial adventure novels to committed adventure novels: Adventure books for children about Sub-Saharan Africa in the XXI century between rupture and nostalgia
Original languageFrench
Title of host publicationIdéologie(s) et roman pour la jeunesse au XXIe siècle
EditorsGilles Béhotéguy, Christiane Connan-Pintado, Gersende Plissonneau
PublisherPresses Universitaires de Bordeaux
Pages231-242
ISBN (Print)978-2-86781-989-6
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Publication series

Namemodernités

Keywords

  • Children's and Young Adult Literature
  • COUNTER-STEREOTYPES
  • ACTIVISM
  • ECOLOGY
  • adventure book
  • STEREOTYPES
  • colonial literature
  • RACISM
  • postcolonialism

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