Moroccan Literature and the Broadening of Postcolonial Literary Studies

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Cristian Horacio Ricci
University of California, Merced (Merced, CA 95344-0039)

As the result of labor migration and family reunification (twenty percent of Moroccan citizens now live in Europe), combined with the geographic proximity of Europe and North Africa, the notion of a national or ‘native’ literature is slightly unstable with regard to Morocco. Morocco’s literary production is not limited by the borders of the nation-state, but spills over to the European continent, where the largest communities with members of Moroccan descent are to be found in France (over a million), Spain (800,000), the Netherlands (370,000), and Belgium (200,000). Moreover, the works of Morocco-based writers, who are also compelled to write in a language that is not their mother tongue, constitute a form of diasporic writing from within. It is not the aim of this study to tie such writings to their “national” place of origin, but to re-conceptualize the idea of a “Moroccan” literature with regard to the transnational and plurilingual experiences from which it arises.

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¡Hay moros en la costa! Literatura mararroquí fronteriza en castellano y catalán. Madrid: Iberoamericana-Vervuert (2014). 288p. (Book)
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Abstract: Moroccan literature (Spanish) -- History and criticism. Catalan literature -- Morocco -- History and criticism. Morocco -- Literatures. Emigration and immigration in literature.
Year: 2014
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