Religion and Literary Creation: A Study on the Representation of Religious Elements in the Work of Women Writers from the Ivory Coast Cover Image

Religion et création littéraire: étude de la représentation du religieux dans les œuvres des romancières ivoiriennes
Religion and Literary Creation: A Study on the Representation of Religious Elements in the Work of Women Writers from the Ivory Coast

Author(s): Agnès Kouassi
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Theology and Religion
Published by: Universitatea Tehnică "Gheorghe Asachi" din Iaşi
Keywords: Africa; postcolonial literature; novelists of the Ivory Coast; religion; social harmony; God.

Summary/Abstract: Religion, as topic of study in this article is justified by the constant presence of priests, ministers, monks and, much more, by the regular reference to God in the works of the novelists of the Ivory Coast. Several works, namely, Les haillons de l’amour, Rebelle, La valse des tourments, Cri de souffrance, Appelez-moi Bijou, Lezou Marie ou les écueils de la vie, Un nègre à Paris and Le silence des déshérités represent the corpus. This choice obeys a recurrence of religion in these works which denounce the obstacles of these existential options which are supposed to control human life.

  • Issue Year: 63/2017
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 37-49
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: French