Abstract

VITERBO, Florencia. Una mirada revolucionaria sobre la violencia en la literatura de las Antillas francesas. Cuad.Sur, Let. [online]. 2010, n.40, pp. 201-221. ISSN 1668-7426.

Due to socio-historical factors, the violent phenomena, be it physical, or psychological and cultural, from the colonizer or by the colonized subject are topics forced in this literature. Our purpose was not a mere description of these factors, neither of which actors are involved, but problematizarlos as part of a literature often compared to the distance of Africa (which do not deny) and forget that it is Latin American fundamentally. Such as, it shares not only the same territory, but similar processes of colonization and imperialism. Our goal is to highlight the commitment and innovation proposed by these authors, who from the form, content and resources used propose a literature really revolutionary that has a continental and even universal scope to deal with the major problems leading to Western civilization.

Keywords : West Indies; French; Violence.