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Tytuł:
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La Créolité de Charlie Chan Hock Chye. (French)
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Autorzy:
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Smith, Philip
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Źródło:
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Image & Narrative; 2019, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p61-74, 14p
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Abstract (English):
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In this essay I use the concept of creoalite to understand Sonny Liew's The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye. I begin by examining the applicability of Creoalite - a concept born in the study of the French-speaking Caribbean to a Singaporean context. I then examine the ways in which Liew employs the characteristics of a creole literature outlined by Jean Bernabé, Patrick Chamoiseau and Raphaël Confiant, namely "rootedness in orality", "updating true memory"; "the thematics of existence"; "the burst in modernity", and "the choice of one's speech". I argue that The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is an important intervention in the narrative of the Singaporean self. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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