Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
Abstract
This article will take the Adoras novels as a case study to address the aesthetics and institutional issues related to the emergence of popular literature in francophone Africa. As the promoter of an “erographic” discourse that strives to accommodate modernity and tradition, francophone romance, which has been largely under-examined if not denigrated, raises a wide range of questions on the status of francophone literature, the socioeconomic constraints on publication in Africa, and the construction of a truly African erotic imaginary.
Recommended Citation
Rao, Sathya
(2009)
"Genres populaires et « érographiques » en Afrique francophone : le cas des romans de la collection Adoras,"
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 72:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol72/iss1/5
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