Shaping and Reshaping the Caribbean: The Work of Aimé Césaire and René Depestre
- ISBN-10
- 1902653297
- ISBN-13
- 9781902653297
- Category
- Caribbean literature
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- MHRA
- Author
- Martin Munro
Description
I then compare Cesaire's Caribbean "shape" to that of Rene Depestre, and a quite different model emerges. I find that Africa is relatively absent in Depestre's work: Europe is not presented as a threat; and that Depestre, unlike Cesaire, sees, in the Caribbean, an energy and a creativity brought about by the historical fusion of disparate cultures. I consider how the reality of Depestre's long exile from the Caribbean has affected his views of the islands.
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