Melting-Pots and Mosaics: Paris and Montréal in Francophone Literature

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Pascale De Souza, GMU
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This panel will examine the role played by Paris and Montreal in the evolution of francophone identities. While some writers have depicted the alienation experienced by their protagonists, others have explored the emergence of interlope cities. How do these divergent approaches shape the evolving image of the two cities in francophone literatures? How do protagonists negociate the emergence of multiple migrant voices? Are Paris and Montreal changing from failed melting pots to diffracted mosaics? Pascale de Souza, GMU, pdesouza@gmu.edu
Submitted for the NEMLA conference, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ, April 7-10th 2011