Introduction: Transdiasporic Rencontres in Việt Kiều Literature

This special issue follows a conference entitled ‘Rencontres: A Gathering of Voices of the Vietnamese Diaspora’ that was held at the University of Melbourne, December 1-2 in 2016 and which sought to enable, for the first time, the titular transdiasporic rencontres or encounters between international...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Kurmann, Tess Do
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Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2018-07-01
Series:PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
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spelling doaj-4c1975bd6f74443aaad0409e2e059ab92020-11-25T00:47:37ZengUTS ePRESSPORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies1449-24902018-07-01151-210.5130/portal.v15i1-2.6174Introduction: Transdiasporic Rencontres in Việt Kiều LiteratureAlexandra Kurmann0Tess Do1Macquarie UniversityUniversity of MelbourneThis special issue follows a conference entitled ‘Rencontres: A Gathering of Voices of the Vietnamese Diaspora’ that was held at the University of Melbourne, December 1-2 in 2016 and which sought to enable, for the first time, the titular transdiasporic rencontres or encounters between international authors of the Vietnamese diaspora. The present amalgam of previously unpublished texts written by celebrated Francophone and Anglophone authors of Vietnamese descent writing in France, New Caledonia and Australia today is the result of the intercultural exchanges that took place during that event. Literary texts by Linda Lê, Anna Moï and Thanh-Van Tran-Nhut are followed by writerly reflections on the theme of transdiasporic encounters from Hoai Huong Nguyen, Jean Vanmai and Hoa Pham. Framing and enriching these texts, scholarly contributions by established experts in the field consider the literary, cultural and linguistic transfers that characterize contemporary writing by authors of Vietnamese origin across the Francophone world. Ce volume spécial réunit les Actes du colloque ‘Rencontres : A Gathering of Voices of the Vietnamese Diaspora’ qui s’est tenue à l’Université de Melbourne les 1er et 2 décembre 2016 et qui visait à faciliter, pour la première fois, les rencontres entre les auteurs, chercheurs et universitaires internationaux de la diaspora vietnamienne. Les fruits de leurs échanges interculturels y sont réunis dans ce présent recueil sous deux formes complémentaires : d’un côté, les articles d’experts en littérature francophone comparée ; de l’autre, les contributions créatives de célèbres auteurs francophones et anglophones d’origine vietnamienne basés aujourd’hui en France, en Nouvelle Calédonie et en Australie. Les textes littéraires de Linda Lê, Anna Moï et Thanh-Van Tran-Nhut, suivis de réflexions d’auteurs par Hoai Huong Nguyen, Hoa Pham et Jean Vanmai sur le thème des rencontres transdiasporiques, se retrouvent enrichis par les études savantes menées sur les transferts littéraires, culturelles et linguistiques qui caractérisent l’écriture contemporaine des écrivains d’origine vietnamienne dans le monde francophone.https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/6174Vietnamese literatureVietnamese diasporaFrench literatureViet Kieu Literaturetransdiasporic literatureViệt Kiều literature
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Tess Do
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Introduction: Transdiasporic Rencontres in Việt Kiều Literature
PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
Vietnamese literature
Vietnamese diaspora
French literature
Viet Kieu Literature
transdiasporic literature
Việt Kiều literature
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Tess Do
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title Introduction: Transdiasporic Rencontres in Việt Kiều Literature
title_short Introduction: Transdiasporic Rencontres in Việt Kiều Literature
title_full Introduction: Transdiasporic Rencontres in Việt Kiều Literature
title_fullStr Introduction: Transdiasporic Rencontres in Việt Kiều Literature
title_full_unstemmed Introduction: Transdiasporic Rencontres in Việt Kiều Literature
title_sort introduction: transdiasporic rencontres in việt kiều literature
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series PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
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publishDate 2018-07-01
description This special issue follows a conference entitled ‘Rencontres: A Gathering of Voices of the Vietnamese Diaspora’ that was held at the University of Melbourne, December 1-2 in 2016 and which sought to enable, for the first time, the titular transdiasporic rencontres or encounters between international authors of the Vietnamese diaspora. The present amalgam of previously unpublished texts written by celebrated Francophone and Anglophone authors of Vietnamese descent writing in France, New Caledonia and Australia today is the result of the intercultural exchanges that took place during that event. Literary texts by Linda Lê, Anna Moï and Thanh-Van Tran-Nhut are followed by writerly reflections on the theme of transdiasporic encounters from Hoai Huong Nguyen, Jean Vanmai and Hoa Pham. Framing and enriching these texts, scholarly contributions by established experts in the field consider the literary, cultural and linguistic transfers that characterize contemporary writing by authors of Vietnamese origin across the Francophone world. Ce volume spécial réunit les Actes du colloque ‘Rencontres : A Gathering of Voices of the Vietnamese Diaspora’ qui s’est tenue à l’Université de Melbourne les 1er et 2 décembre 2016 et qui visait à faciliter, pour la première fois, les rencontres entre les auteurs, chercheurs et universitaires internationaux de la diaspora vietnamienne. Les fruits de leurs échanges interculturels y sont réunis dans ce présent recueil sous deux formes complémentaires : d’un côté, les articles d’experts en littérature francophone comparée ; de l’autre, les contributions créatives de célèbres auteurs francophones et anglophones d’origine vietnamienne basés aujourd’hui en France, en Nouvelle Calédonie et en Australie. Les textes littéraires de Linda Lê, Anna Moï et Thanh-Van Tran-Nhut, suivis de réflexions d’auteurs par Hoai Huong Nguyen, Hoa Pham et Jean Vanmai sur le thème des rencontres transdiasporiques, se retrouvent enrichis par les études savantes menées sur les transferts littéraires, culturelles et linguistiques qui caractérisent l’écriture contemporaine des écrivains d’origine vietnamienne dans le monde francophone.
topic Vietnamese literature
Vietnamese diaspora
French literature
Viet Kieu Literature
transdiasporic literature
Việt Kiều literature
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