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FRN365: Francophone Literature and Culture

Fall 2006 - D. Fulton
reference contact: Bruce Sajdak x2967

Background | Books | Articles | Web Sites

FINDING BACKGROUND ON MARTINIQUE & GUADELOUPE

Political and Historical Background

Reference Source Reference Call Number
Dictionnaire général de la francophonie ref DC 33.9 .L87 1986

U. S. Department of State Background Notes
(See French Antilles)

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Historical Dictionary of the French & Netherlands Antilles
ref F 2151 .G25
Martinique
ref F 2081 .C73
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures (3 vols.)
ref F 1406 .B515 2000
CountryWatch Click here

Cultural and Literary Background

Reference Source Reference Call Number
New Oxford Companion to French Literature ref PQ 41 .N48 1995

Caribbean Women Novelists: An Annotated Critical Bibliography

ref PN 849 .C32 C364 1993
Bibliography of Women Writers from the Caribbean (1831-1986)
ref PN 849 .C3 B46 1989
Littératures nationales d'écriture française ref PQ 3897 .R68 1986
Dictionnaire littéraire des femmes de langue française
ref PQ 149 .M27 1996
Dictionnaire des œuvres du XXe siècle ref PQ 305 .D5 1995
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
ref PN 81 .J55 2005
Postcolonial Theory: A Bibliography (2 volumes) ref JV 51 .N67 1998

FINDING BOOKS

Search in the Five College Library Catalog under SUBJECT TERMS such as:

name - e.g. glissant edouard
martinique
caribbean area
negritude
Caribbean literature french
postcolonialism
guadeloupe
west indies french

FINDING PERIODICAL ARTICLES

Academic Search Premier 1965+
Good starting place for all topics.

Historical Abstracts 1956+
Major index to scholarly journals in history.

MLA International Bibliography 1926+
Major index to scholarly journals in literature and film.

Humanities International Index coverage varies

French XX Bibliography
ref Z 2173 .F7
Search in each volume by writer name, genre, or theme

Arts & Humanities Search 1980+
Lists footnotes in articles from scholarly journals in the arts & humanities..

TWO WEB SITES

Remember to confine your search of the web for popular (e.g. tourist) or brief information. For scholarly articles use the sources listed above.

Île en île
Lehman College at City University of New York hosts this page on francophone literature from the Caribbean and elsewhere. Brief biographical & some critical information..

France diplomatie
From the Ministère des Affaires étrangères.

CONTACT THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

Contact Bruce Sajdak, the instructor for your library session: bsajdak@email.smith.edu

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