Clara Défachel

Undergraduate student, University of St Andrews

University of St Andrews
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France

About Clara Défachel

Hi, I'm Clara, a final year Comparative Literature and Arabic student at St Andrews. I'm especially interested in (Francophone) postcolonial literature and translation studies in a world literature context.

Group

Undergraduate Scholar

Area of Expertise

Art Humanities Languages

Research Topic

Literature

University

University of St Andrews

Intro Content

From Folktales to Fiction: investigating the story-telling tradition of the Comoros

Report Arts Humanities

Research, Arts & Humanities

From Folktales to Fiction: investigating the story-telling tradition of the Comoros

The publicised publication of Zamir's novel Anguille sous Roche in 2016 and its subsequent translations granted international visibility to Comorian literature for the first time. My research examines how this French-speaking novel reflects and challenges the Comorian oral story-telling tradition.