Lʹétude des thèmes du deuil et de la marginalité dans Le Royaume Aveugle et Reine Pokou, concerto pour un sacrifice de Véronique Tadjo
- Authors: Sachikonye, Tsitsi Shamiso Anne
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Tadjo, Véronique -- Criticism and interpretation , West African literature (French) -- History and criticism , African fiction (French) -- 20th century
- Language: French
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSocSc
- Identifier: vital:3603 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002956 , Tadjo, Véronique -- Criticism and interpretation , West African literature (French) -- History and criticism , African fiction (French) -- 20th century
- Description: The field of our study is Francophone African Literature and this thesis explores the themes of marginality and grief both experienced by Princess Akissi in The Blind Kingdom and Princess Pokou in Queen Pokou (2004) during their rise to power in their respective kingdoms. The two novels written by Véronique Tadjo from Ivory Coast, are subjected to thematic analysis because they are both based on similar storylines - that of conflict and rivalry within kingdoms resulting in the exile of the two princesses. One of the novels is set in a pre-colonial period while the other is set in a postcolonial era. Queen Pokou, winner of the 2005 Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire (which is the most distinguished prize in Francophone African literature), is a retelling of the founding myths of the Baoulé people of Ivory Coast. In her literary texts, Tadjo transgresses the original legend and her reconstruction of this legend is significant because it challenges the ritual sacrifice made by Princess Pokou in order to free her people and to become queen. In The Blind Kingdom (1990), Tadjo highlights the corruption and injustice of the ruling elite. Space is used to reinforce the King’s domination thus a revolution is necessary to overthrow the exploitative power structures in place. The revolution that takes place relies heavily on the participation of Karim and especially on Princess Akissi who chooses to rebel against her father, King Ato IV in order to stop injustice. This thematic analysis, supported by semiotic theory, aims to establish and demonstrate the relationship between marginality of the two princesses, in particular, and their subsequent grief. It sheds light on the reasons for their exclusion from power as well as the nature of the conflicts that occur as they rise to power. The study postulates that certain myths and images are evoked by the novelist to symbolise the exclusion of the two princesses from power.
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L'image du peuple dans Le premier homme d'Albert Camus
- Authors: Heynderickx, Nathalie Marcel Madeleine
- Date: 1996
- Subjects: Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. Premier homme
- Language: French
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3577 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002150 , Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. Premier homme
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La possibilité de la révélation et du salut dans les religions non chrétiennes : le debat protestant contemporain
- Authors: Matungulu, Givule Floribert
- Date: 1994
- Language: French
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MTh
- Identifier: vital:1307 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018215
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Les elements dramatiques dans les premiers romans (1939-1963) de Nathalie Sarraute
- Authors: O'Grady, Betty
- Date: 1983
- Subjects: Sarraute, Nathalie -- Criticism and interpretation , French fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Language: French
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3617 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006921 , Sarraute, Nathalie -- Criticism and interpretation , French fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Le theme de l'absence dans le theatre d'Arthur Adamov
- Authors: Jones, Rosalind
- Date: 1978
- Subjects: Adamov, Arthur -- Criticism and interpretation , French drama -- History and criticism , Absurd (Philosophy) in literature
- Language: French
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3637 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013401
- Description: [From Introduction]. L'oeuvre dramatique d'Arthur Adamov (1908-1970) s'lténd sur une trentaine d'années et révèle une grande variété d'influences et d'intérêts. Depuis son point de départ "absurde" des années quarante en passant par une période oú s'imposent des préoccupations d'ordre social et politique pour aboutir á une fusion des sujets métaphysiques et des sujets engagés dans un théâtre qui est de nouveau non-réaliste et onirique, nous pouvons tracer des influences aussi diverses que celle provenant de Flaubert et des premiers surréalistes, de Strindberg et de Kafka, de Dostoîevsky et des expressionnistes russes et allemands, de Buchner, d'Antonin Artaud, de Brecht et de Karl Marx.
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La femme dans l'oeuvre litteraire de Jean-Paul Sartre
- Authors: Seiler, Miriam Zimet
- Date: 1977
- Subjects: Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Language: French
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3641 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1014302
- Description: [From introduction]. Pourquoi examiner Ie rôle de la femme dans l' oeuvre de Sartre? Jean-Paul Sartre est l'un des philosophes les plus importants de ce siècle, un philosophe qui s'est consacré ấ un examen de l'homme et de ses rapports avec l'existence par la liberté conscienter; un penseur qui a montré son individualisme dans le domaine de la politique, n'acceptant que ce qu'il trouve défendable; un romancier et un dramaturge dont l'oeuvre a connu un succès mondial.
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