DES RESSORTS SÉMANTIQUES DE LA SUBJECTIVITÉ DANS J’AI LE SIDA DE BLASIUS NGOME
ON THE SEMANTIC SPRINGS OF SUBJECTIVITY IN BLASIUS NGOME’S J’AI LE SIDA

Summary/Abstract: Consubstantial to the act of writing, the subjectivity inscribed in Blasius Ngome's J’ai le SIDA unfolds through the reminiscences of the central character Damascus Sondia. Suspecting himself to be HIV-positive, he recalls a past as a sexual adventurer that makes him feel stressed while he waits for the results of his serological test. So what are the sources of subjectivity in Blasius Ngome's fictional plot, in terms of the manifestations it conveys and the significant forms it polarises? Inspired by radical pragmatics, one of the relevant operating principles of which is linguistic implicitness, the present analysis is built around presuppositions and innuendoes. Linguistic implicitation allows us to scrutinise a linguistic content X in order to signify an intention Y. Organised in three parts framed by an aesthetics of hybridity, this contribution examines the passions such as affect and desire that colour the odyssey of a confused subject whose diagnosis ultimately changes his life.

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