La métaphore de l'œuvre impossible dans le roman africain contemporain

Authors

Josias Semujanga, Université de Montréal

Abstract

Many and varied, the figures of the book or the art are omnipresent in many literary works, and in various forms. They, sometimes, evoke the metaphor of the impossible work or the ambivalent status of the character writer in fiction. What are the functions of these figures in the narrative, and more particularly in the novel, and in the social discourse? In order to answer these questions, our study will focus on Henry Lopes' Le lys et le flamboyant, Alain Mabanckou's Verre Gasse, and Gilbert Gatore's Le passe devant soi, with occasional references to other novels to elucidate by comparison this or that aspect.

Recommended Citation

Semujanga, Josias (2018) "La métaphore de l'œuvre impossible dans le roman africain contemporain," Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 91: No. 1, Article 4.
Available at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol91/iss1/4