Écrire pour qui? Enquête sur la figure du lecteur dans l'œuvre de Moussa Konaté

Authors

Christiane Ndiaye, Université de Montréal

Abstract

The question of the readership is a recurring one in francophone literature. However, the aim here is not to attempt a sociological study of actual readers of the works of Moussa Konaté but rather to retrace, from a few of his novels, the profile of the reader constructed by the text. The analysis focuses particularly on the knowledge of detective fiction and of the cultures and history of Africa attributed to the fictitious reader, and on sketching his axiological portrait. This investigation leads us to the conclusion that these novels construct the figure of a "transcultural" reader who is, above all, a "stranger from within".

Recommended Citation

Ndiaye, Christiane (2018) "Écrire pour qui? Enquête sur la figure du lecteur dans l'œuvre de Moussa Konaté," Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 91: No. 1, Article 12.
Available at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol91/iss1/12