Precarious Borders: The Nation-State and Arab Diaspora Literature
Par Jumana Bayeh : Senior Lecturer - Macquarie University
Publié
par
Marion Coste
le 30/01/2020
In this talk, Jumana Bayeh (Macquarie University, Sydney), author of ((The Literature of the Lebanese Diaspora: Representations of Place and Transnational Identity)) (2014) outlines her latest project which proposes to trace the representation of borders and the nation-state across a century of Arab writing in English.
This talk was part of the "Lectures in English Studies" programme of the Department of English at the ENS de Lyon and was organized by Vanessa Guignery.
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| Introduction | 00:11 |
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09:16 |
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13:40 |
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16:00 |
| 1. Key thematic theories | 21:23 |
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22:13 |
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23:24 |
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24:37 |
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26:49 |
| 2. Conceptual framework and methodology of the project | 28:55 |
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29:06 |
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30:54 |
| 3. Gathering materials | 32:49 |
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33:02 |
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35:00 |
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43:34 |
| Conclusion | 45:39 |
Further analysis
- Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities (1983): need for a more historical and cultural approach to understand the formation of the nation-states; concept of "homogeneous empty time" [9.25 → 10.30].
- Homi Bhabha's Nation and Narration (1990): need for a multi-sided vision of the nation; however, this does not include a transnational dimension (especially in the case of displaced communities) [10.30 → 11.30].
- Agamben's concept of the state of exception; analysis of the border; borders exist between nations but also within nations [24.11 → 24.34].
Pour citer cette ressource :
Jumana Bayeh, "Precarious Borders: The Nation-State and Arab Diaspora Literature ", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), janvier 2020. Consulté le 31/03/2023. URL: http://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/litterature/litterature-postcoloniale/precarious-borders-the-nation-state-and-arab-diaspora-literature
