Damner le damier ou rédimer la danse de la terre dans Le meurtre du samedi gloria de Raphaël Confiant

Authors

Hanétha Vété-Congolo, Bowdoin College

Abstract

The value of the “damier”, a traditional dance from Martinique, is significant because it evokes cohesion, order and balance and symbolizes distinctive attributes from Martinique’s society at large. Martinique enters in a new era which characteristics are defined by regional development. This development is a break between the past and the present or with population’s intelligible referents and landmarks, and is represented between tradition and modernity, as a transformation led by urbanization. Traditions become shaky and in the novel, the city is unable to take on those rural values, symbolized by the “damier”.

Recommended Citation

Vété-Congolo, Hanétha (2009) "Damner le damier ou rédimer la danse de la terre dans Le meurtre du samedi gloria de Raphaël Confiant," Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 73: No. 1, Article 12.
Available at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol73/iss1/12