Who Owns André Schwarz-Bart ? Ecrivains dans le tiroir : uchronie et écriture-écran dans les inédits

Authors

  • Kathleen Gyssels

Abstract

This article focuses the theatrical aspirations of novelist André Schwarz-Bart. Examining a handwritten note on a play which was apparently never finished, this article discovers an alternate history which recycles his predominant themes: what would the world have become “if the Germans had won the War?” Continuing his memorial writing project, the author of The Morning Star (2009) also proves his fascination with religious anthropology, the sciences and OULIPO-inspired writing, which allows him to ask fundamental questions both of a philosophical and sociological nature. Finally, we will also deal with the unacknowledged sources and participative writing.

Author Biography

Kathleen Gyssels

Kathleen Gyssels is Professor of Francophone Postcolonial Literature and Culture at Antwerp University, where she teaches classes on authors from the African and Jewish diasporas. Her publications are principally concerned with African American, Caribbean and Francophone authors and subjects from a broad, comparative perspective. Her current research has extended her reach to include conflictual issues, such as the Memory Laws and the Memory Wars in the French Republic and postcolonial countries. In recent publications, for example, she has tackled the resurgence of antisemitism in the Caribbean, and its echoes in both literature and criticism.

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Published

2018-08-15

Issue

No. 112 (2018)

Section

Articles