Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
Abstract
In her book entitled Tutsie, etc., Rwandan Swiss author Maggy Corrêa recounts how in july 1994, she was able to rescue her mother from the Rwandan genocide of the Tutsi. This essay begins by examining the status of the testimonial genre within the literary institution. Then, based on Maggy Corrêa’s text, the analysis will demonstrate how Derrida’s concept of sacramentum can be traced in Corrêa’s adventure, and how this same notion proved to be absent from the United Nations’s discourse taking place in Geneva at the same time.
Recommended Citation
Favre, Isabelle
(2007)
"Maggy Corrêa : passer le témoin, avec ou sans le feu sacré,"
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 69:
No.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol69/iss1/3
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