98
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Autour de Édouard Glissant

Édouard Glissant : la « profondeur de l’étendue » ou la dimension de la Relation

Pages 530-541 | Published online: 05 Jan 2017
 

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?

Notes

1. Les références aux œuvres d’Édouard Glissant sont indiquées par les abréviations qui se trouvent dans la bibliographie ci-dessous.

2. « […] lieu où la pensée du monde rencontre une pensée du monde » (TTM 161).

3. « La confluence massive et diffractée des cultures fait ainsi que tout écart (par rapport à une pré-norme suggérée ou imposée) est déterminant, mais aussi que toute détermination (de soi) est écart générateur » (PR 168).

4. Expression d'André Breton dans L'Amour fou, insérée dans l’Anthologie de la poésie du Tout-monde.

5. Dans Le nouvel esprit scientifique (Citation1934), La philosophie du Non (Citation1940), et Le matérialisme rationnel (1953).

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Catherine Delpech-Hellsten

Catherine Delpech-Hellsten holds a doctorate in French language and literature. She is affiliated with the Université Jean Jaurès in Toulouse. Author of over twenty articles devoted to the work of Édouard Glissant, her monograph Édouard Glissant, passeur d’écumes will appear later this year (Éditions Hermann, 2016). In 2012, she translated Les Indes with Magdalena Sørensen into Swedish. Her comparative research focuses on poet-philosophers who address decolonization and independence, i.e., “Kateb Yacine et Édouard Glissant: deux poétiques irruées au même rendez-vous de l'Histoire” (Mémoires et Imaginaires du Maghreb et de la Caraïbe, Honoré Champion, 2013). Her forthcoming book chapters and edited volumes include a collection of essays from the 2015 colloquium she organized with the l'Institut du Tout-monde in Paris “Frantz Fanon, Kateb Yacine, Édouard Glissant. Relation et indépendances” (Hermann, 2016).

Log in via your institution

Log in to Taylor & Francis Online

PDF download + Online access

  • 48 hours access to article PDF & online version
  • Article PDF can be downloaded
  • Article PDF can be printed
USD 53.00 Add to cart

Issue Purchase

  • 30 days online access to complete issue
  • Article PDFs can be downloaded
  • Article PDFs can be printed
USD 211.00 Add to cart

* Local tax will be added as applicable

Related Research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.