Keynote Speaker Tituaua Porcher

Biography

Titaua is a lecturer in French and Francophone literatures at the University of French Polynesia, where her research focuses on Francophone literatures of the Pacific, particularly examining the representation of the body in these literary works.

Keynote Summary

Titaua's Keynote Address 'Émergences littéraires dans le Pacifique francophone' will explore the unique literary landscape of these territories and examine how:

• These hybrid literatures born 'in dominated territories' carry the history of confrontation between different linguistic and cultural universes.
• Authors deploy innovative strategies to make their own original voice heard in the French language.
• Literature becomes a space of cultural negotiation and creative expression in postcolonial Pacific contexts.