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The article explores the emergence of Francophone Caribbean studies in Great Britain and Ireland. It focuses on the first generation of scholars—Richard D.E. Burton, Bridget Jones, Roger Little and others—who were in the vanguard of this opening up of teaching and research in French studies towards the literatures and cultures of the region. The aims of the article are four-fold: (i) to understand these developments biographically, and to consider the professional factors (notably early-career postings to universities outside Europe and early engagement in doctoral research with examples of French literature and culture that spill beyond the Hexagon) that shaped these challenges to the disciplinary status quo; (ii) to situate the emergence of Francophone Caribbean studies in relating to what Christophe Campos dubs a wider "cracking of coherence" in the study of French; (iii) to explore the ways in which historically existing disciplinary infrastructure—taking the example of the journal French Studies—adapted with varying degrees of enthusiasm to these changes; and (iv) to analyse the emergence and consolidation of a new disciplinary infrastructure in the 1970s–1990s—in Caribbean studies and Francophone literature more broadly (e.g., ASCALF, with its annual conference and publications)—to support these developments [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The corpus of contemporary translingual writing in French is varied in terms of both the origins of the authors associated with this burgeoning literary phenomenon and the range of topics that writers address. Studies of this translingual corpus tend to focus nevertheless on a recurrent set of aspects including the fictionalization of language acquisition and the active intertextual engagement of authors with canonical French literature. These emphases often feed into a set of assumptions regarding the translingual author, who is read as seeking integration, through a process of progressive accumulation of linguistic and literary competence, into a long-standing French literary tradition. This article engages with the work of the author of Hungarian origin Katalin Molnár to interrogate and disrupt this model. Molnár's oeuvre shows similarities with that of other translingual writers in that if focuses on processes of language acquisition and provides evidence of intertextual engagement. Drawing on recent scholarship on glottophobie, I demonstrate through the study of Molnár's work the under-explored potential of exophonic writing to contribute to processes not of continuity but of a more disruptive renewal of a French literature that seeks to develop a literary praxis where translingual poetics converge with a critical politics of language. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a reprint of the article “Mobilising French Studies” by Charles Forsdick, which appeared in the Volume 48, number 1, 2011 issue of the “Australian Journal of French Studies.” It draws on the interdisciplinary theories of scholar Stephen Greenblatt in the book "Cultural Mobility: A Manifesto" to explore the field of French studies and foster an interdisciplinary approach to French literary studies. Themes of travel, hybridity, and transculturalism are explored.

The article discusses French studies, commenting the 2010 book "Cultural Mobility: A Manifesto," by Stephen Greenblatt. It examines concepts of mobility, postcolonialism, and post-nationalism. The author considers the 2007 manifesto “manifeste pour une littérature-monde en français," exploring Francophone literature and the Francophone world. He also reflects on postcolonial literature and travel writings. Other topics discussed in the article include national, cultural, and ethnic identities.

The article discusses the author's views on the aspects of the manifesto in "Pour Une Litterature-Monde En Francais" ( A World Literature in French) that were identified by writer Mary Ann Caws. It explores the relationship between the content and the three additional aspects including self-sufficiency, emphasis on newness, and self-positioning. The author suggests that the publication of the manifesto should employ self-sufficiency and originality in its context.

The article discusses the structural organization of several French literature. The theme of "Les Carnets de Shérazade," by Leïa Sebbar dealt with modern travel and migration. Sebbar considered her observations of various languages in France. The style of authorship showed both fictional and documentary themes. In the modern British tradition of French studies, the coherence of literature organization was argued by Christophe Campos and examined the use of grammatical structure in the texts.

Discusses the contribution of the peripatetic to modes of travel in French travel literature. Culmination of the Romantic belief that philosophical reflection had found its ideal occasion in the walk; Suggestion that it is in the differing rhythms and practices of walking that issues relating to contemporary travel can be addressed and explored.

An introduction is presented that discusses issue articles on themes including the novel "Trois femmes puissantes," by Marie NDiaye, transnational aspects of the publishing of French language literature, and the French language publishing industry in Guinea.