The Fanonian Theory of Violence in Women's Fiction from the Caribbean

Publisher： Rodopi

ISSN： 1381-1312

Source： Thamyris, Vol.8, Iss.1, 2002-01, pp. : 107-119

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Abstract

Fanon's theory of the violence of the colonized continues to influence writers from the French Départements d'Outre-Mer and the Estado Libre Asociado of Puerto Rico, but also, perhaps more surprisingly, from a long-standing independent nation such as Haiti. This paper discusses the fiction of the Haitian Edwidge Danticat (Breath, Eyes, Memory 1994), the Martiniquan Suzanne Dracius-Pinalie (L'autre qui danse, 1989), and the Puerto Rican writers Alba Nydia Ambert (Porque hay silencio , 1986/1991), Alba Nydia Rivera Ramos (Cuentos Fanonmenales, 1993) and Mayra Santos (Pez de vidrio, 1995).La "violence du colonisé" de Fanon continue d'influencer tant les auteurs des Départements d'Outre-Mer, de l'Estado Libre Asociado de Porto Rico, qu'Haïtiens, nation indépendante depuis 1804. Cet article analyse la fiction de l'Haïtienne Edwidge Danticat (Breath, Eyes, Memory, 1994), de la Martiniquaise Suzanne Dracius-Pinalie (L'autre qui danse, 1989), ainsi que des Porto-Ricaines Alba Nydia Ambert (Porque hay silencio, 1986/1991), Alba Nydia Rivera Ramos (Cuentos Fanonmenales, 1993) et Mayra Santos (Pez de vidrio, 1995).