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New book pays tribute to former UWI lecturerBy Dave RodneyCARIBBEAN BOOK lovers interested in the literary and linguistic vibrancy and dynamism of the region will be delighted by an exciting and insightful new publication called The Francophone Caribbean Today: Literature,Language, Culture (University of the West Indies Press).The publication is a collection of essays on various literary and linguistic aspects of the French Caribbean as the region finds itself at the beginning of the 21st century. The volume represents a tribute by colleagues and former students to the late Bridget Jones, a pioneer in the study of Francophone Caribbean literature, who lectured at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies from 1964- 1982 and who died in April 2000. Bridget Jones was also a major figure in the establishment of Francophone Caribbean studies in the UK and Ireland. The topics examined reflect the wide range of her interests, from purely literary studies to questions of language.The essays focus on the islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Haiti and Dominica. The literary chapters are devoted to new and commanding voices in the region and to recent works by established authors. Contributors offer fresh perspectives and interpretations of Caribbean literary movements and explore relevant non-literary issues, such as the complex web of socio-political developments thathave influenced the writers of today. The linguistic chapters examine the dynamics of the respective roles of Creole and the European standard language and consider the present day viability of Creole as a literary medium.The contributors to the volume include Gertrud Aub-Buscher, Pauline Christie, J. Michael Dash, Anthea Morrison, Betty Wilson, Marie-Jose N’Zengou-Tayo and Carol Sanders, all familiar names from the University of the West Indies (Mona), among others. Editors are Gertrud Aub-Buscher and Beverley Ormerod Noakes. Aub-Buscher taught French at tin* University of the West Indies (Mona) from 1960 to 1979 and directed the language center of the University of Hull from 1979 to 2000. Ormerod Noakes is Jamaican and was until 2002 Associate Professor of French at the University of Western Australia. Sin* previously lectured at the University of the West Indies (Mona) w here in 1967 she devised the first course in French Caribbean Literature.The Francophone Caribbean Today is a must-read for those interested in aspects of Caribbean culture. The book successfully manages to bring together for the first time critical ideas and hotly debated themes on current developments in the Francophone Caribbean which have up to now been discussed only in scattered journal articles.
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