Les pouvoirs du récit : un remède au chaos du monde? En attentant le vote des bêtes sauvages

Authors

Madeleine Borgomano

Abstract

Right from his first novel, Les Soleils des Indépendances (1970), Kourouma introduced the theme of the reversed world, a baroque metaphor for the state of Africa after Independence. In Monnè (1990), telling the history of this reversal, he insisted on its linguistic roots. Consequently, En attendant le vote des bêtes sauvages (1998) shows how this reversal in the context of Cold War, favoured the genesis and development of dictatorial powers leading to an actual apocalypse. This victory of Chaos is told as a donsomana, traditional song of expiation among the Malinke hunters. The forms and magic virtues of this song imply hope that the powers of literature might be able to gain against the forces of Chaos.

Recommended Citation

Borgomano, Madeleine (2004) "Les pouvoirs du récit : un remède au chaos du monde? En attentant le vote des bêtes sauvages," Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 63: No. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol63/iss1/5