Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
Abstract
The transformation of the African griot/storyteller into a writer was built on the sacredness of his mission, animated by the flame of engagement, inspired by blackness. However, the irruption of Ouologuem into the literary scene brought about a Copernican revolution of sorts by paving the way for a parodic reversal in the conception of the writer. Indeed, Ouologuem's knowledge of the asperities of the literary system surrounding the African novelist leads him to deconstruct the sacred character of the writer's figure; a desecration that places the figure of the writer and the fictional characters of his novel on the same imaginary plane.
Recommended Citation
Nyela, Désiré
(2018)
"La leçon de Ouologuem ou le portrait de l'artiste en « pisse-copie, nègre d'écrivains célèbres »,"
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 91:
No.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol91/iss1/7
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