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This book gives a fascinating account of the unique history of the national – creole – language of Mauritius and the process of standardization that it is undergoing in postcolonial times. The central question is how far a creative writer's activity may affect the status and linguistic forms of a regional language. The book focuses on the work of the author Dev Virahsawmy, who, particularly through his Shakespeare translations, is an active agent in the standardization of Mauritian creole. The approaches employed in From Creole to Standard combine a sociolinguistic examination of (changing) language attitudes with detailed textual studies of some of Virahsawmy's works to show the relation of his work to the process of language development. This book is relevant to the study of other creole languages undergoing standardization as well as to questions of language development more widely. Its strength lies precisely in its interdisciplinary approach, which addresses different readerships. Mooneeram’s study is of great interest to both postcolonial thinking and sociolinguistics but also has important implications for debates about the role of canonical literary works and their transmission in the wider world. Her book is also a contribution to Shakespeare studies and the field of literary linguistics. There are interesting parallels between the contemporary situation of Mauritian creole and English in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Virahsawmy’s adaptations and translations into creole echo the role Shakespeare’s ‘originals’ played for English, and Mooneeram demonstrates how other writers have followed Virahsawmy in using literary forms to enrich the language.

82:93 --- Literatuur en geschiedenis --- Franse taal --- Mauritius --- Creoolse dialecten --- talen --- Mauritius. --- talen. --- 82:93 Literatuur en geschiedenis --- Talen.

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History in literature --- Historiography --- Histoire dans la littérature --- Historiographie --- 82:93 --- Literatuur en geschiedenis --- 82:93 Literatuur en geschiedenis --- Histoire dans la littérature

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Historicism --- History --- Historicisme --- Histoire --- Philosophy --- Philosophie --- 82:93 --- -Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Literatuur en geschiedenis --- Historicism. --- Philosophy. --- -Literatuur en geschiedenis --- 82:93 Literatuur en geschiedenis --- -History --- Annals --- -82:93 Literatuur en geschiedenis --- History, Modern --- History - Philosophy --- HISTOIRE --- HISTORIOGRAPHIE --- 16E-17E SIECLES

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Re-Thinking Europe sets out to investigate the place of the idea of Europe in literature and comparative literary studies. The essays in this collection turn to the past, in which Europe became synonymous with a tradition of peace and tolerance beyond national borders, and enter into a critical dialogue with the present, in which Europe has increasingly become associated with a history of oppression and violence. The different essays together demonstrate how the idea of Europe cannot be thought apart from the tension between the regional and the global, between nationalism and pluralism, and can therefore be re-thought as an opportunity for an identity beyond national or ethnic borders. Engaging contemporary discourses on hybrid, postcolonial, and transnational identity, this volume shows how literature can function as both a vital tool to forge new identities and a power subversive of such attempts at identity-formation. Like Europe, it is always marked by the tension between integration and resistance. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of modern literature, comparative literature, and European studies, as well as people concerned with cultural memory and the relation between literature and cultural identity...Back cover.

Literature --- National movements --- Europe --- Academic collection --- 82:93 --- 82.04 --- Literatuur en geschiedenis --- Literaire thema's --- 82.04 Literaire thema's --- 82:93 Literatuur en geschiedenis --- Transnationalism in literature. --- Nationalism and literature. --- Literature, Comparative. --- European literature. --- Comparative literature.

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History as a science --- English language --- Pragmatics --- 82.0 --- 82:3 --- 82:93 --- #SBIB:309H515 --- Literatuurtheorie --- Literatuur en maatschappijwetenschappen --- Literatuur en geschiedenis --- Literatuurwetenschap, literatuursociologie --- 82:93 Literatuur en geschiedenis --- 82:3 Literatuur en maatschappijwetenschappen --- 82.0 Literatuurtheorie