L’Écrivain atopique

The author of this article presents the concepts of ‘pluriculturalism’ and ‘plurilingualism’. These notions he places against the idea that the immigrant writer inevitably assimilates and will forsake whatever language and culture he carried with him in his suitcases. This position of conscious non-...

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Main Author: Antonio D'Alfonso
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2017-12-01
Series:CoSMO
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Online Access:https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/COSMO/article/view/2242
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description The author of this article presents the concepts of ‘pluriculturalism’ and ‘plurilingualism’. These notions he places against the idea that the immigrant writer inevitably assimilates and will forsake whatever language and culture he carried with him in his suitcases. This position of conscious non-assimilation will lead to what he called elsewhere Atopia, which stands at the opposite end of nationalism. The author explores what the future holds for such writers who will ultimately become all writers from Atopia.
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spelling doaj.art-696d1164e21449dbb66fe6fb6b8aac462022-12-21T18:46:33ZdeuUniversità degli Studi di TorinoCoSMO2281-66582017-12-011110.13135/2281-6658/2242L’Écrivain atopiqueAntonio D'AlfonsoThe author of this article presents the concepts of ‘pluriculturalism’ and ‘plurilingualism’. These notions he places against the idea that the immigrant writer inevitably assimilates and will forsake whatever language and culture he carried with him in his suitcases. This position of conscious non-assimilation will lead to what he called elsewhere Atopia, which stands at the opposite end of nationalism. The author explores what the future holds for such writers who will ultimately become all writers from Atopia.https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/COSMO/article/view/2242LiteratureAtopiaPluriculturalismPlurilingualismAnti-nationalism
spellingShingle Antonio D'Alfonso
L’Écrivain atopique
CoSMO
Literature
Atopia
Pluriculturalism
Plurilingualism
Anti-nationalism
title L’Écrivain atopique
title_full L’Écrivain atopique
title_fullStr L’Écrivain atopique
title_full_unstemmed L’Écrivain atopique
title_short L’Écrivain atopique
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topic Literature
Atopia
Pluriculturalism
Plurilingualism
Anti-nationalism
url https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/COSMO/article/view/2242
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