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dc.contributor.author | Tonleu, Madeleine![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-31T13:00:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-07-31T13:00:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-12 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this article, I explore the question of madness and feminism as presented by Ken Bugul in La folie et la mort (2000). Madness in this novel is firstly analysed as a socio-political crisis caused by, among other things, bad governance and secondly, as a metaphor for women’s emancipation. I examine the representation of the characters and how the author links their daily experiences to the negotiation of their identity. I draw on critical references from feminism and about madness to demonstrate that the forms of alienation experienced in Africa after independence are a direct consequence of the political systems put in place. They can therefore be compared to madness, which is not only an evil, but can also be a solution, a revolt that unfolds through the writings of African feminists. | en_US |
dc.description.department | Modern European Languages | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | am2023 | en_US |
dc.description.uri | https://journals.co.za/journal/french | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Tonleu, M. 2022 ,'Folie et identite feminine postcoloniale dans La folie et la mort de Ken Bugul', French Studies in Southern Africa, no. 52, pp. 50-65, doi : 10.10520/ejc-french-v2022-n52-a4. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0259-0247 | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.10520/ejc-french-v2022-n52-a4 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91731 | |
dc.language.iso | fr | en_US |
dc.publisher | Association for French Studies in Southern Africa | en_US |
dc.rights | © Association for French Studies in Southern Africa (AFSSA) | en_US |
dc.subject | Ken Bugul | en_US |
dc.subject | Madness | en_US |
dc.subject | Alienation | en_US |
dc.subject | Female assertion | en_US |
dc.subject | Cultural identity | en_US |
dc.subject | Folie | en_US |
dc.subject | Affirmation feminine | en_US |
dc.subject | Identite culturelle | en_US |
dc.title | Folie et identite feminine postcoloniale dans La folie et la mort de Ken Bugul | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |