Fiction et subversion
Le Devoir de violence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4902290 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aliko Songolo (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 120 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 17-34 |
| Publication date | 1981-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Présence Africaine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-7638 • E-ISSN: 2271-197X |
| Publisher | CAIRN (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3917/presa.120.0017 |
| OpenAlex | W2041719873 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
In African literary studies, the question of the relationship which the contemporary writer maintains with tradition is being posed with growing frequency and acuteness. In a recent book, Bernadette Cailler1 speculates in a marginal way on the transformations of African literature, and deduces four phases, not successive but-at least in this century-simultaneous. The first phase, that of tradition recited, danced or sung in African languages, still occupies a preponderant position today. However, with the advent of writing,2 it has had to give way, in part, to its own adaptation and translation into European languages. This second phase already signals a fundamental change in the sense that, while remaining dependent upon tradition, the new literary form no longer adheres to its laws, but rather, is subject to others: those which apply to writing, and to an altered relationship between artist and public, for example, which set it apart from its predecessor. The third phase, which includes the majority of the current writers, involves the elaboration of the literary creation in the language imposed by the colonial political order, while the fourth phase includes a fairly limited number of writers who express themselves either exclusively in an African language, or alternately in an African and a European language. It would be useful, no doubt, to question Cailler as to the merits of her classification of African literature. One might ask, for example, if there is a clear distinction to be found between the writer of the third phase and the adapter of the second (except perhaps for the fact that the adapter names that which he adapts, while the writer does so without always indicating his
Art · Political science · Politics · Subversion · African history and culture studies · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2020 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |