Post ou péricolonialisme: l'étrange modèle québécois (notes).

These notes report on the title and text of a short paper given at a round table organized by CRILCQ (Centre de recherch interuniversitaire sur la littrature et la culture qubcoise) at the conference of the American Council for Quebec Studies held in Quebec, 19 November 2004. The question of postcolonialism in Quebec had recently been examined by Vincent Desroches in a special dossier on Quebec and Postcolonialism in the journal Quebec Studies, no. 35, Spring-Summer 2003. However, all those taking part in the round table expressed a certain degree of reticence over the use of the concept in Qubcois literature. One of them, Rjean Beaudoin, subsequently published his point of view in an article entitled Is Qubcois literature postcolonial? His conclusion read: Qubcois literature can take on the ghosts of its dual colonialism. Putting it in the postcolonial ragbag is a desperate attempt to normalise it' ( L'Inconvnient, no. 24, February 2006). Also worth reading on the subject are Rachel Killick's article, In the fold? Postcolonialism and Quebec, Romance Studies, vol. 24, no. 3, November 2006, pp. 18192, and the collection entitled Reconfigurations. Canadian Literature and Postcolonial Identities/Littratures canadiennes et identits postcoloniales, edited by Marc Maufort and Franco Bellarsi, Bruxelles, Peter Lang, 2002. Ces quelques rflexions reprennent le titre et le texte d'une brve communication donne dans le cadre d'une table ronde organise par le CRILCQ (Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la littrature et la culture qubcoise) l'occasion du Congrs de l'American Council for Qubec Studies, Qubec, 19 novembre 2004. La question du postcolonialisme au Qubec venait d'tre examine dans un numro spcial de la revue Qubec Studies, sous la responsabilit de Vincent Desroches, no 35, Spring-summer 2003, Quebec and Postcolonial theory. Cependant, les participants la table ronde ont tous exprim une certaine rticence face l'utilisation du concept pour la littrature qubcoise. L'un de ceuxci, Rjean Beaudoin, a par la suite publi son point de vue dans un article intitul La littrature qubcoise est-elle postcoloniale? Sa conclusion se lit comme suit: La littrature qubcoise peut assumer les fantmes de son double colonialisme. La ranger dans le fourre-tout postcolonial, c'est vouloir la normaliser tout prix. (L'Inconvnient, no 24, fvrier 2006). On lira galement sur le sujet l'article de Rachel Killick, In the fold? Postcolonialisme and Quebec, Romance Studies, vol. 24, no, november 2006, p.181192, ainsi que le collectif intitul Reconfigurations. Canadian Literature and Postcolonial Identities/ Littratures canadiennes et identits postcoloniales, sous la dir. de Marc Maufort et Franco bellarsi, Bruxelles, Peter Lang, 2002. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]