The complex phenomenon of globalization - by the very fact of its cultural and identity implications - interests, questions and puts literature to the test, and to de (re) de ne new approaches to its relationship to space, places and types of writing. Contemporary French literature and the vast French or allophone literatures reiterate the aporias and paradoxes that globalization imposes on our contemporary societies. Fanciful and impromptu identity and intercultural exchanges arise from these encounters. This book endeavors to highlight the importance of the issues involved in French literature today.--Amazon.com