History Sparking from the traumatizing and damaging slavery experience, individuals, known as maroons, escape their plantation, seeking out a better life. Although the exact date is not clear, the early 1600’s is believed to be the start of slavery. As a result of the awful conditions the enslaved persons endured, they escaped from their plantations […]
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Marie-Sophie Laborieux
Introduction Marie-Sophie Laborieux is a fictional character in the novel Texaco, written by Patrick Chamoiseau. She was born in the early 1900’s and passed away in 1989. Marie-Sophie Laborieux narrates the novel as an adult by retelling her family’s history along with sharing her own life experiences. For her familial history, she relies solely on […]
Knowledge
Storytelling throughout generations and with others is a powerful method that keeps our ancestors, their stories, and their wisdom alive today. From drawing on cave walls to our current social media platforms, humans have always found importance in sharing knowledge with others. Humans have always found a strength in knowledge and a weakness in ignorance […]
French Overseas Departments
Introduction A French Overseas Department is a region of France that is not included within metropolitan France. However, these departments still have the same status as France’s mainland regions and departments. Martinique, the setting of the novel Texaco, by Patrick Chamoiseau, is a French overseas department. History of French Overseas Expansion Beginning in the early fifteenth and […]
Fort-de-France
Fort-de-France is the largest city and capital of Martinique. These two noteworthy features make Fort-de-France a pivotal location in the story of Texaco by Patrick Chamoiseau. The city inherited the position of being the largest and most influential city on the island due to the devastation of Saint-Pierre, and the characters of Texaco witnessed this […]
Creolization
Texaco, a novel written by Patrick Chamoiseau, serves as a prime demonstration of the inner workings and significance of the process of creolization in the Caribbean, specifically on the island of Martinique. Understanding this process is key in gaining a greater understanding of the novel in the realm of history, globalization, and cultural relationships. For […]
Le Code Noir (Black Code)
Introduction Slavery characterized the beginning of globalization by powering the Caribbean economy. However, this positive impact on the economy was accompanied by the negative treatment of the enslaved people. The Code Noir was the governing set of laws that outlined the regulations by which enslaved people were to live in French colonies. This set of […]
Patrick Chamoiseau
Origin and Biography Patrick Chamoiseau is a French author from Martinique and was born in Fort-de-France in the year of 1953. Growing up, Chamoiseau was exposed to the Creole language and culture, it became a substantial part of the man (and writer) Chamoiseau came to be. Chamoiseau studied law in Paris and upon graduating, he […]
Biblical References
INTRODUCTION Texaco, written by Patrick Chamosieau, provides a tale concerning the culture and life of people in Martinique, through the storytelling of fictional character Marie Sophie. One of the several ways the story is foretold is through the use of Biblical references. Although, there are multiple lenses that can be placed on this novel. This article will concern […]
