Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
Abstract
More and more, contemporary African literature dwells on the body —as the subject and object of desire, as a refuge and as a commodified and objectified victim. Using as reference points four novels —Calixthe Beyala’s C’est le soleil qui m’a brûlée and Femme nue, femme noire, Williams Sassine’s Mémoire d’une peau and Nimrod’s Les jambes d’Alice— all of which inscribe the body onto and into the text, this article seeks to analyse diverse manifestations of the textualized body. Works of alienation and dispossession, these four texts also focus on corporeal quests for equilibrium. The presence of the body in the four novels is reinforced by the recourse to the first person narrative and testimonial writing. The article occupies a position at the crossroads of postcolonial theory and feminist studies.
Recommended Citation
Asaah, Augustine H.
(2006)
"L’inscription du corps dans quatre romans postcoloniaux d’Afrique,"
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 66:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol66/iss1/5
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