La figuration du sujet afro-polonais: Identité, Liberté, Musique dans le discours littéraire de Dongala et Dove
Representation of the Afro-Polish Subject: Identity, Freedom, and Music in the Literary Discourse of Dongala and Dove

Summary/Abstract: This study examines the representation of the Afro-Polish subject in the literary works of EmmanuelDongala and Rita Dove, with a focus on ontological identification and the humanistic conception ofthe subject. These two notions serve as analytical frameworks for exploring the portrayal of the Afro-Polish figure in Dongala’s novel, La Sonate à Bridgetower: Sonata Mulattica (2017), where Bridgetower’sjourney becomes a lens through which questions of freedom are interrogated. Simultaneously, Dove’spoetry collection, Sonata Mulattica (2009), underscores the themes of hope and the liberating powerof music in Bridgetower’s life, expanding the discourse to a broader European context, encompassingEngland and France. In both narratives, Bridgetower emerges as a unique embodiment of Afro-Polishhumanism in 18th-century Europe, while also highlighting contemporary issues of racial discriminationand the struggle for social acceptance.

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