lnterroger le présent et penser notre modernité dans En attendant la montée des eaux de Maryse Condé

Authors

Bodia Bavuidi, Université de Toronto

Abstract

Maryse Condé has successively been branded as unseemly drifter, insolent, rebel and subversive, due to the fluidity of her mind and her refusal to be fixated on any obsolete idea. Her stance shows a tendency to evolve with her time in political and intellectual thoughts. If Condé's entire work shows that the author cannot be placed in a specific straightjacket, it is because her writing conveys the urgency of daily experiences. The permanent concern for human well-being reflected in her work brings about an uneasiness towards events that threaten this well-being daily. Thus, by drawing on studies of the concept of current events (actualité), this article analyzes Condé's novel, En attendant la montée des eaux, from the perspective posited by the author in her social questioning and critique which shines light on contemporary social impacts relating to latent events of her time and History.

Recommended Citation

Bavuidi, Bodia (2019) "lnterroger le présent et penser notre modernité dans En attendant la montée des eaux de Maryse Condé," Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 93: No. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol93/iss1/5