Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
Abstract
This article studies the birth and manifestations of the tragic in Ahmadou Kourouma’s fiction. It demonstrates how the tragic in Kourouma’s novels, far from being a metaphysical feeling, stems from social realities and is closely related to the postcolonial system. In these novels, tragedy goes beyond the realistic depiction of catastrophic events and is further articulated in the characters’ political attitudes, their social life and cultural behaviour.
Recommended Citation
Lassi, Étienne-Marie
(2005)
"Ahmadou Kourouma et la genèse tragique L’événement postcolonial dans En attendant le vote des bêtes sauvages et Allah n’est pas obligé,"
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 65:
No.
1, Article 11.
Available at:
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol65/iss1/11
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