"The present study began as a panel of papers presented at a session on the theme of Coming of Age, the Quest for Identity in Francophone Women Writers, organized and chaired by Professor Debra Popkin, at the NEMLA (Northeast Modern Language Association) annual conference in Philadelphia in March 2006. The papers were expanded and additional contributors joined the project ..."--P. [1]. Includes abstracts. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Ch. 1. Multiple Identities as Adolescent Coping Mechanism in Annie Ernaux's Les Armoires vides and Assia Djebar's L'Amour, la fantasia / Beth Gale -- ch. 2. An Absent Presence: Adolescence and the Inadequate Female Role Model in Myriam Warner-Vieyra's Le Quimboiseur L'avait dit... As the Sorcer Said... / Leah Tolber Lyons -- ch. 3. Growing up with Julia: Gisèle Pineau and her Grandmother, a Caribbean Girl's Journey to Self-Discovery / Debra Popkin -- ch. 4. La terre ne ment pas: Aminata Sow Fall's Douceurs du bercail as Bildungsroman / Natalie Edwards -- ch. 5. Temale Portraits of Childhood and Adolescence in Selected Works of Gabrielle Roy / Myrna Delson-Karan -- ch. 6. Salvation through Writing in Marie-Claire Blais' Manuscrits de Pauline Archange / S. Pascale Vergereau-Dewey -- ch. 7. Female Adolescence in Quebec's Post-Quiet Revolution novels: Gabrielle Gourdeay's L'écho du silence, Monique Proulx's Le sexe des étoiles, and Marie Laberge's Annabelle / Edith B. Vandervoort.
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