The tender critique: Africa of the Congolese migrant writers in French-speaking Belgium ; Une si tendre critique: L’Afrique des écrivains migrants d’origine congolaise en Belgique francophone
The article is dedicated to the portrayal of Africa in the writings of the French-speaking Belgian writers of Congolese origins. We analyse subjective representations of Africa, both critical and idealized ones, from which emerges a vision of the continent brimming with contradictions. On the one hand, it is an alluring, vast and fertile land with abundant flora and fauna, as well as clime and landscape dearly missed by migrant writers—the land embodying the concept of “paradise lost” or the notion of a nursing mother identified in the migrant writers’ texts with the idea of homeland. On the o... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
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Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association
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Schlagwörter: | migrant writing / French-speaking Belgium / Africa / Congo / critique |
Sprache: | Französisch Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26607274 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://letterkunde.africa/article/view/10903 |