Édouard Glissant : la « profondeur de l'étendue » ou la dimension de la Relation. Issue 4 (19th October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Delpech-Hellsten, Catherine
• Is Part Of: Contemporary French and francophone studies. Volume 20:Issue 4/5(2016)
• Page Start: 530
• Page End: 541
• Publication Date: 2016-10-19
• Subjects: French and Francophone studies -- postcolonial literatures -- Édouard Glissant -- poetics -- phenomenology -- aesthetics of relation -- readabilities of Glissant's poetics; French literature -- Periodicals; France -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Culture -- Study and teaching -- France -- Periodicals; 306.094405
• DOI: 10.1080/17409292.2016.1218678
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1740-9292

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Catherine Delpech-Hellsten explores the meaning of what Édouard Glissant calls "the Relation." How can one describe Glissant's work and his intentions for writing? If we take into account the position of the exegete, the requirements and nature of the critical relationship, the epistemic and hermeneutic paths of inquiry beyond literature, it becomes evident that a new dimension—a new point of view—is emerging which can be equated to the ratio of Depth to Extension . This dialectic weaves throughout Glissant's poetics and indeed his entire work, leading to another fundamental question: How can we reread the concept of the Being, defined in terms of this ontological revolution?