Conte romanesque, chant-roman: postures de la figure auctoriale chez Maurice Bandaman et Werewere Liking

Authors

Adama Coulibaly, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny

Abstract

What is the connection between the author figure and the genre? Contrary to a widespread idea, the generic mention is not a petrified venue. Indeed, from the mention of "song-novel" in Elle sera de jaspe et de corail and La mémoire amputée by Werewere Liking to that of "novelistic tale" in Le fi/s de-la-femme-male or that of the "novel" in L'État Z'héros by Maurice Bandaman, this study shows that, by a play of permanent negotiation of the limits of their fictional status, the writer and the storyteller, figures of the author, produce hybrid genres. The practice summons a kind of "autogenre" which raises the question of all the profusion of energy put by the authors in achieving an autonomous status for their fiction writing.

Recommended Citation

Coulibaly, Adama (2018) "Conte romanesque, chant-roman: postures de la figure auctoriale chez Maurice Bandaman et Werewere Liking," Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 91: No. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol91/iss1/8