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The notion of francophonie still raises many questions in various fields, such as the didactic, economic, political, and media fields, among others, making it difficult to understand the concept. In this article, we analyze the ways in which the discursive contours of the francophone issue and its representation in the discourse of the Colombian print media are defined, based on a corpus of 35 journalistic articles. To this end, we combined textometric analyses obtained with the Iramuteq® software with linguistic discourse analysis tools, in order to propose an interpretative hypothesis. On this basis, we were able to demonstrate that, in the Colombian print media, the issue of francophonie is mainly elaborated on the basis of its relationship to the French language and, more concretely, on the basis of its pragmatic aim, which configures a discursive register of education and work. In addition, there is a quest linked to the desire for social mobility, where language takes on the role of auxiliary, even in the absence of cultural, social, political or historical dimensions. From this point of view, its learning and its use are reduced to a rather technical and individual subject without considering its complex character also constituting the social.

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Esta reseña resume los estudios recogidos en el volumen Voix francophones de la migration: Univers migrant, fictions et réalités, que fueron presentados en el Primer Coloquio Internacional "Francophonies et Migrations. Voix Francophones de la Migration: Univers migrant, Fictions et Réalités" en la Universidad de Murcia en abril de 2019. El tema de este coloquio fue la escritura migrante en la literatura y el cine del mundo cultural francófono.

This article is an overview on the migratory crisis which is putting strain on the stability of the Comoros islands, with particularly emphasis to the migratory flow to Mayotte. The « visa Balladur » is required for Comoros' citizens in order to move to Mayotte, a French territory; the introduction of this visa caused the number of illegal immigrant to rise sharply. The analysis of this migratory flow makes it possible studying in a transdisciplinary way several issues related to the current situation of the country, but also the role played by the Comoros archipelago in geostrategical and international dynamics. This study is structured into two main parts: a first part of quantitative data analysis, in order to put in context the socioeconomic situation of the Comoros, and a second one, characterized by primary sources and a qualitative approach based on Comoros citizens' interviews and experiences.

Cette étude propose une approche théorique et une réflexion didactique sur le statut et le rôle potentiel du roman français et francophone dans le cadre de l’enseignement-apprentissage du français langue étrangère (FLE). Il en ressort que le roman en langue française s’avère un puissant élément intégrateur pour les compétences langagières liées à l’apprentissage du français, mais aussi un promoteur de la compréhension et du dialogue interculturels.

This article is an overview on the migratory crisis which is putting strain on the stability of the Comoros islands, with particularly emphasis to the migratory flow to Mayotte. The « visa Balladur » is required for Comoros' citizens in order to move to Mayotte, a French territory; the introduction of this visa caused the number of illegal immigrant to rise sharply. The analysis of this migratory flow makes it possible studying in a transdisciplinary way several issues related to the current situation of the country, but also the role played by the Comoros archipelago in geostrategical and international dynamics. This study is structured into two main parts: a first part of quantitative data analysis, in order to put in context the socioeconomic situation of the Comoros, and a second one, characterized by primary sources and a qualitative approach based on Comoros citizens' interviews and experiences.

This article explores the complex relationship between African literatures in European languages and the construction of the historical record in Agualusa’s Nação Crioula and Monénembo’s Pelourinho. It problematizes the idealised notion present in lusofonia of the Atlantic triangle as characterised by fluid identities and hybrid spaces, to argue that in both novels boundaries are ruptured but also reinscribed. In exploring unofficial acts of writing which diverge from official discourse: unpublished texts, secret correspondence, and ways of inscribing memory that do not involve writing, these two novels call into question the relationship between voice and writing and the way the historical record is constructed.By exploring the work of Agualusa and Monénembo in comparison, we can demonstrate some of the points of crossover between these two texts, which transcend both intra- and inter-continental boundaries. Such a comparative analysis allows for new readings of the texts to emerge, which may not be apparent when viewed solely from a Lusophone or Francophone canonical perspective.

This paper presents the main points of La langue française, arme d’équilibre de la mondialisation (The French language, a weapon to balance globalization), Les Belles-Lettres, Paris, 2015. This book examines the impact of extrinsic events (wars, revolutions...) as well as intrinsic systems (demography, economics, North-South cooperation...) on the worldwide use of French. It then analyses how this language is rooted in Africa and the crucial importance of the coming years in African countries for French’s worldwide destiny. But helping the training in French of those hundreds of millions of (more or less) French-speaking people, exceeds what the traditional cooperation with France and other northern francophone countries is able to do, while, simultaneously, those African countries attract the interests of foreign economic actors, even those opposed to the spread of French. The paper will also point up how companies and private business does root the use of French, but sometimes also spread the use of English.

The very concept of littérature-monde is full of contradictions. The present text presents the ideological foundations and the international conjuncture in the framework of which it arose. In form of thesis and in a polemic way, the emergence of this notion is placed into what can be called crisis of French culture which seems to go together with a crisis in Francophonie. Littérature-monde is created on the basis of the English concept of World Literatures in English. In order to explain the success of this term, it needs to be located into what can be called with Bourdieu “the field of knowledge”.

Devant l´actuelle déstabilisation du concept de nation en contexte demondialisation, quelles sont la pertinence et l´actualité d´une étude des littératures contemporaines sous l´angle de la nation ? Faut-il constater l´obsolescence du concept de littérature nationale ? Pour sortir d´une impasse théorique, la perspective historique s´avèreindispensable et une étude des avatars de la nation, concept et réalité, met sur la voie d´une vision élargie où la nation est révélée comme représentation: fiction symbolique ou mythe.À côté d´un modèle mythique hégémonique privilégiant l´homogène, un autre modèle national est identifié, caractérisé par l´hétérogène et servant d´auxiliaire aux collectivités excentriques en quête d´une identification. Comme expression privilégiée du mythe de lanation, la littérature joue un rôle fondamental dans l´invention de représentations nationales inédites, ce qui justifie la pérennité d´une recherche (sociologique et/ou thématique) centrée sur le littéraire contemporain (ou passé, pourvu qu´elle opère à partird´un point de vue actualisé) envisagé sous l´angle de la nation.Diante da atual desestabilização do conceito de nação em contexto de globalização, quais são a pertinência e a atualidade de um estudo das literaturas contemporâneas sob o ângulo da nação? Haverá de se constatar a obsolescência do conceito de literatura nacional? Para sair de um impasse teórico, apresenta-se uma história do conceito de nação, desde suas origens no século XVIII até os dias de hoje. Abre-se caminho para uma visão ampliada da nação, ou seja, para uma definição que a revela como representação: ficção simbólica ou mito. Ao lado de um modelo mítico hegemônico que privilegia o homogêneo, um outro modelo nacional é identificado, caracterizado pelo heterogêneo e auxiliando coletividades ex-cêntricas no seu esforço de identificação. Sendo uma expressão privilegiada do mito da nação, a literatura tem um papel na invenção de representações nacionais inéditas, o que justifica a perenidade de uma pesquisa (sociológica e/ou temática) do literário contemporâneo – ou passado, portanto que seja a partir de uma visão atualizada - no âmbito da nação.

RÉSUMÉ Cet article propose une synthèse des jalons principaux de l’histoire du développement de la presse francophone en Amérique du Nord (Canada, États-Unis), des origines au XVIIIe siècle jusqu’au seuil du XXe siècle. Certaines zones sont particulièrement considérées, comme le Québec, la Louisiane et la côte Est des États-Unis (New York).