Abstract
In the Sub-Saharan francophone literature, promotion of the African traditional cultures is followed by its tragical disappearance which represents the main dynamic of the narrative. This fact is stressed by total absence of happiness of the main character who is always African. The main character during the plotline feels the paroxysm of positive emotions, caused usually by his future voyage to France, which is almost immediately substituted by the downfall into negativism. He accepted this sudden reversal with the external calm but in his interior he started to understand that this change affects his identity. At the end of the story, the main character pronounces an accusatory discourse against Europe. In this work we will study collective emotions in African milieu and the way the voyage to Europe influences the attitude of the main character to these shared feelings.
Highlights
Le long voyage depuis l ’Afrique traditionnelle vers l ’Europe de la modernité, dont le point de départ se trouve dans l ’histoire coloniale, influence dès le début du XXe siècle des générations entières d ’habitants subsahariens
This fact is stressed by total absence of happiness of the main character who is always African
The main character during the plotline feels the paroxysm of positive emotions, caused usually by his future voyage to France, which is almost immediately substituted by the downfall into negativism
Summary
Le long voyage depuis l ’Afrique traditionnelle vers l ’Europe de la modernité, dont le point de départ se trouve dans l ’histoire coloniale, influence dès le début du XXe siècle des générations entières d ’habitants subsahariens. Ce grand voyage est au centre des récits littéraires abordés dans ce travail. Voyage réel mais également spirituel du jeune Africain idéaliste qui part pour la France, pays colonisateur, pays dominant, pays pourtant culturellement attirant. Le passage de l ’Afrique à l ’Europe représente un nouveau rite initiatique, moderne, mais bouleversant et aliénant pour le personnage principal. Nous reprendrons le point de vue des personnages en ce qui concerne la référence à l ’Afrique. Dans l ’écrasante majorité des cas, le protagoniste se réfère volontairement à l ’Afrique, comme à une culture unitaire
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