The Post-Colonial and Post-Industrial Condition in French Literature since 2007

我的研究将集中在最近的法国文学上，并解决这些问题：在后殖民和工业化的法国，工人阶级是如何定义的？这在文学中是如何翻译的？这与共和党的原则有什么关系？我的论点是，那些在这个社会长大的人别无选择，只能超越传统的阶级和种族认同分类，这一直是一种独特的自信、激进、有时带有敌意的文学的催化剂。在移民社区和主流文化之间动荡的关系处于平衡的时刻，当像埃里克·泽穆尔这样的分裂人物可能成为总统候选人时，证据将表明，最近的小说家--主要是移民出身，但明确地说是法国人--对自由、自由和博爱有着当代的看法。我可以期待以一场讨论开始，讨论导致2007年出版《Qui Fit la France？》的背景？这是一个由年轻的无产阶级作家组成的多元文化群体，倡导一种坚定的文学，让那些迄今在社会上，特别是在文学界被边缘化的人发声。这与米歇尔·维勒贝克(Michel Houellebecq)或伊曼纽尔·托德(Emmanuel Todd)等形形色色的评论员形成了鲜明对比，后者表面上是以对共和党价值观的犬儒主义为特征的“建制派”人物。

My research will focus on recent French literature and address these questions: how is the working classdefined in post-colonial and -industrial France?; how is this translated in literature?; how does this relateto republican principles? My contention would be that those who have grown up in this society have nooption but to transcend traditional categorisations of class and ethnic identity, and that this has been thecatalyst for a distinctively assertive, radical and sometimes antagonistic literature. At a moment whenthe volatile relationship between communities of immigrant origin and the dominant culture is in thebalance, and when a divisive figure such as Eric Zemmour can emerge as presidential candidate,evidence would suggest that recent novelists - predominantly of immigrant origin but unambiguouslyFrench - have a contemporary vision for liberté, égalité, fraternité.I would anticipate opening with a discussion of the circumstances which provoked the publication in 2007of 'Qui fait la France?' by Les Indigènes de la République, a multicultural group of young, proletarianwriters, advocating a committed literature which gives voice to those hitherto marginalised, both insociety and particularly in the literary world. This can be seen in contrast to commentators as diverse asMichel Houellebecq or Emmanuel Todd, ostensibly 'establishment' figures whose work is characterised bycynicism towards republican values.