Le Langage et le Style Kouroumien: Barbarisme ou Apologie d ́un Syncretisme Linguistique?
Auteure: Mawuloe Koffi Kodah
Nombre de pages: 53
Travail d'étude de l'année 2012 dans le domaine Lettres - Afrique, cours: Langue et Litterature, langue: Français, résumé The language and style of Ahmadou Kourouma have been and still remain a great source of controversy for many scholars, following the publication of his very first novel, "Les Soleils des Indépendances", in 1968. Some have called it barbaric, while others have called it an innovative masterpiece. The same type of language and style characterize the production of Kourouma's subsequent novels, despite the loud and virulent criticisms and vilifications he received as a result. These language and style assume a dizzy prominence in his last but one novel, "Allah n'est pas obligé." A reading of Kourouma's novels: "Les Soleils des Indépendances", "Monnè, Outrages et Défis", "En Attendant le vote des bêtes sauvages", " Allah n'est pas oblige" et "Quand on refuse on dit non", leaves one bewildered by the linguistic and artistic tapestry that marks the texts in their entirety. This novelist harmoniously interweaves the French language with Malinke, his mother tongue, especially, and some other African languages in an attempt to distinguish himself from many of...