Gide, André

My dissertation proposes a new queer transcultural perspective of "Frenchness" as it is conceived in Latin America and North Africa. This concept plays a noteworthy role in the formation of queer identities from both of these so-called "marginal" geographic areas, whether it is …

This study analyses the traits which link and contrast Loti, Gide, Camus and Le Clezio in their uses of the Maghrebi site in their works. It also considers how their respective views are a product of their times and how these views have evolved. More generally, it is concerned w…