Gerard Christon

The Creole child through Caribbean literary history VOLUME 2 Gerard Christon

This three-volume work is presented as an extract from the thesis on the childhood stories of the selected authors; thesis defended in December 2009 at the University of the West Indies and Guyana in front of a jury composed of Mrs. MENCE-CASTOR Corinne, Professor at UAG, MM BESSIERES Jean and PAGEAUX Daniel-Henri, Professors at University of Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle, and the Research Director, Professor Roger TOUMSON. This jury rewarded me with the "Very Honorable" mention and with this judgment: "We can only be sensitive to the work presented by Mr. CHRISTON, whose clarity of writing, the firmness of the composition and, of a In general, the very seriousness, the taste for archives, for documents, in a spirit close to literary history as it is currently practiced. ". This second volume will contain an in-depth study of the distinctive features of these childhood stories. The recurring themes of the various works studied will be identified and analyzed. The authors will move, with the years and the events, from self-consciousness to collective consciousness, thus marking the real turning point of Caribbean literature.