Batouala de René Maran, prix Goncourt 1921 : l’accueil de l’Île Maurice
The award of the 1921 Goncourt prize to a black –namely, René Maran– was received as a shock wave by the Mauritian intelligentsia. Indeed, Mauritian literature was then totally focussed on European values and, apart from the writer and columnist Léoville L’Homme (alias Léon Lauret), local press crit...
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| description | The award of the 1921 Goncourt prize to a black –namely, René Maran– was received as a shock wave by the Mauritian intelligentsia. Indeed, Mauritian literature was then totally focussed on European values and, apart from the writer and columnist Léoville L’Homme (alias Léon Lauret), local press critics have been all but agreeable to this dark Goncourt and its laureate. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-37bdb9cca1774a22a5bdd89fed6e1a6f2025-08-20T01:55:12ZengInstitut des textes & manuscrits modernes (ITEM)Continents manuscrits2275-17422022-07-011710.4000/coma.8789Batouala de René Maran, prix Goncourt 1921 : l’accueil de l’Île MauriceRobert FurlongThe award of the 1921 Goncourt prize to a black –namely, René Maran– was received as a shock wave by the Mauritian intelligentsia. Indeed, Mauritian literature was then totally focussed on European values and, apart from the writer and columnist Léoville L’Homme (alias Léon Lauret), local press critics have been all but agreeable to this dark Goncourt and its laureate.https://journals.openedition.org/coma/8789René MaranBatoualaMauritiuscritical reviewMauritian press |
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| title | Batouala de René Maran, prix Goncourt 1921 : l’accueil de l’Île Maurice |
| title_full | Batouala de René Maran, prix Goncourt 1921 : l’accueil de l’Île Maurice |
| title_fullStr | Batouala de René Maran, prix Goncourt 1921 : l’accueil de l’Île Maurice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Batouala de René Maran, prix Goncourt 1921 : l’accueil de l’Île Maurice |
| title_short | Batouala de René Maran, prix Goncourt 1921 : l’accueil de l’Île Maurice |
| title_sort | batouala de rene maran prix goncourt 1921 l accueil de l ile maurice |
| topic | René Maran Batouala Mauritius critical review Mauritian press |
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