Spring 2003
11.1
The following is the Table of Contents from the Spring 2003 edition of
Metamorphoses, a special issue on Francophone literature.
Some of the selections are linked and available on-line; the complete edition,
including the original language versions for the poetry, is only available in print.
| Thalia Pandiri | Editorial | 13 | |
| David and Nicole Ball | Introduction to the Special Francophone Issue | 16 |
AFRICA
| Kama Kamanda | The Paddles of Fate Translated from the French by Lauren Yoder (Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
34 | |
| Callixthe Beyala | Birth of a Myth Translated from the French by Mariana Past (Cameroon) |
42 | |
| Véronique Tadjo | The Wrath of the Dead The Young Zairian Woman who Resembled a Tutsi Translated from the French by Marjolijn de Jager (Ivory Coast) |
55 | |
| Abdourahman A. Waberi | The Equator of the Heart; August, 1966 Translated from the French by David Ball (Djibouti) |
67 | |
| Leila Sebbar | The
Girl with a Red Sweater in Babel Translated from the French by Tegan Raleigh (Algeria) |
78 | |
| Andrée Chedid | The Lost Garden Translated from the French by Daniela Hurezanu (Egypt-Lebanon-France) |
82 |
PACIFIC ISLANDS
| Yzabelle Martineau | Nicolas Kurtovitch and the Cultural Interface in New Caledonia | 101 | |
| Nicolas Kurtovitch | With Mask The Man in the Forest Poem for the Fourth of May Translated from the French by Yzabelle Martineau (New Caledonia) |
106 114 118 |
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| Karin Speedy | Translating Socrates' "Creole" in Georges Baudoux | 120 | |
| Georges Badoux | Excerpt from Sauvages et Civilises Introduced and translated from the Creole by Karin Speedy (New Caledonia) |
128 |
CARIBBEAN
| Frankétienne | The Noose Translated from the Haitian Creole by Asselin Charles (Haiti) |
135 | |
| René Depestre | Caribbean Mother Sea In Free Praise of the French Language Images for an Anti-Autobiography Far from Jacmel Translated from the French by Nicole Ball (Haiti) |
172 176 180 186 |
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| Yanick Lahens | Moonbathing Translated from the French by Corinne Tachtiris (Haiti) |
188 | |
| Marie-Célie Agnant | The House Facing the Sea Translated from the French by Christina Vander Vorst (Haiti) |
193 | |
| Gisèle Pineau | Amélie and the Anoles Translated from the French by Dawn Fulton (Guadeloupe) |
200 | |
| Myriam Warner-Vieyra | That Special Hour Translated from the French by Curtis Small (Guadeloupe) |
215 |
NORTH AMERICA
| Verse Fables from 19th Century Louisiana Introduced by M. Lynn Weiss (United States) |
230 | ||
| Stephen Bernard | The Two Rabbits Translated from the French by Norman R. Shapiro |
234 | |
| Jean de la Fontaine | Le Lièvre et la tortue Untranslated (France) |
238 | |
| Jules Choppin | The Hare and the Tortoise Translated from the Louisiana French Creole by Norman R. Shapiro |
240 | |
| Jean de la Fontaine | Le Chêne et le roseau Untranslated (France) |
242 | |
| Jules Choppin | The Oak and the Reed Translated from the Louisiana French Creole by Norman R. Shapiro |
243 | |
| Joseph Déjacque | The Oyster and the Pearl Translated from the French by Norman R. Shapiro |
244 |
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| Charles Chauvin Boisclair Délery | The Wasp and the Bee The Tree and the Mast Translated from the French by Norman R. Shapiro |
246 248 |
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| Jean de la Fontaine | La Cigale et la fourmi Untranslated (France) |
252 | |
| Edgar Grima | The Cricket and the Ant Translated from the French by Norman R. Shapiro |
254 | |
| Jean de la Fontaine | Le Loup et la cigogne Untranslated (France) |
262 | |
| Edgar Grima | The Wolf and the Stork Translated from the Louisiana French Creole by Norman R. Shapiro |
264 | |
| Camille Thierry | The Pirate's Mistress Regrets of the Old Mulatto Woman or Sanite Foueron's Distress Introduced and translated from the French and Creole by May Waggoner (Louisiana, United States) |
266 271 |
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| Beverly Matherne | The French Market: A Dramatic Monologue Elphia and the Rattlesnake: A Folktale Crawfishing: A Prose Poem Translated from the Cajun French by the author |
274 278 282 |
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| Stanley Kunitz | Halley's Comet Translated into Cajun French by Beverly Matherne (Louisiana, United States) |
284 | |
| Sylvie Massicotte | Taurus Translated from the French by Jonathon Kaplansky (Quebec, Canada) |
288 | |
| Gaston Miron | Girl Centuries of Winter Translated from the French by Paula Varsano (Quebec, Canada) |
294 296 |
