Redeeming Francophonie: a new concept of francit

The extent of the mtropole's dimensions inside or outside France, real or imaginary, is still an incomplete story. Contemporary critics such as Anne-Rosine Delbart, Stphane Dufoix, Ramona Bordei-Boca, Roxana Verona and Martine Fernandes to name only a few filled some important gaps and published research challenging the latest oversimplification of Francophonie. The astute new categories these researchers propose literary, social and historical urge French and Francophone studies scholars to re-evaluate their field. Based on literary works by French and Francophone writers of various backgrounds such as Eduardo Manet, Eugne Ionesco, Paul Goma, Abd al-Rahman Munif, Abdellatif Labi, Mahmoud Darwish, etc., this article makes a case for a new dimension of francit sustained by human rights literature in French. Moreover, evidence of writers who speak Francophone and write Francophone (contrary to the 2007 manifesto Pour une littrature-monde en franais denying their existence) prove that Francophonie's lifeline remains rich and strong.