Quand on refuse on dit non d’Ahmadou Kourouma

From a socio-semiotic perspective, this article aims to contribute to highlight the presupposed identitarian origins of war in Côte d’Ivoire as described in the posthumous novel of the Ivorian writer Ahmadou Kourouma. Resorting to a literalization of this conflict perceived through a dislocation of...

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Main Author: Arsène Blé Kain
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Language:English
Published: Association Portugaise d'Etudes Françaises 2015-11-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/carnets/370
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description From a socio-semiotic perspective, this article aims to contribute to highlight the presupposed identitarian origins of war in Côte d’Ivoire as described in the posthumous novel of the Ivorian writer Ahmadou Kourouma. Resorting to a literalization of this conflict perceived through a dislocation of the narrative which melts into a fragmented story told in terrible French, Ahmadou Kourouma shows how the concept of “Ivoirité” resulting in excessive quest for a pure Ivorian citizenship threw the country into chaos. Instead of this anthropogenic “Ivoirité-racine”, he advocates for a therapeutic “Ivoirité-rhizome”, a true reflection of a cosmopolitan Côte d’Ivoire.
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spelling doaj-art-242aefcf0b304165acf156b46391ffc22025-08-20T02:22:01ZengAssociation Portugaise d'Etudes FrançaisesCarnets1646-76982015-11-01510.4000/carnets.370Quand on refuse on dit non d’Ahmadou KouroumaArsène Blé KainFrom a socio-semiotic perspective, this article aims to contribute to highlight the presupposed identitarian origins of war in Côte d’Ivoire as described in the posthumous novel of the Ivorian writer Ahmadou Kourouma. Resorting to a literalization of this conflict perceived through a dislocation of the narrative which melts into a fragmented story told in terrible French, Ahmadou Kourouma shows how the concept of “Ivoirité” resulting in excessive quest for a pure Ivorian citizenship threw the country into chaos. Instead of this anthropogenic “Ivoirité-racine”, he advocates for a therapeutic “Ivoirité-rhizome”, a true reflection of a cosmopolitan Côte d’Ivoire.https://journals.openedition.org/carnets/370identitarian origins of warliteralization of waranthropogenic Ivoirité-racinetherapeutic Ivoirité-rhizomeCosmopolitan Côte d’Ivoire
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Quand on refuse on dit non d’Ahmadou Kourouma
Carnets
identitarian origins of war
literalization of war
anthropogenic Ivoirité-racine
therapeutic Ivoirité-rhizome
Cosmopolitan Côte d’Ivoire
title Quand on refuse on dit non d’Ahmadou Kourouma
title_full Quand on refuse on dit non d’Ahmadou Kourouma
title_fullStr Quand on refuse on dit non d’Ahmadou Kourouma
title_full_unstemmed Quand on refuse on dit non d’Ahmadou Kourouma
title_short Quand on refuse on dit non d’Ahmadou Kourouma
title_sort quand on refuse on dit non d ahmadou kourouma
topic identitarian origins of war
literalization of war
anthropogenic Ivoirité-racine
therapeutic Ivoirité-rhizome
Cosmopolitan Côte d’Ivoire
url https://journals.openedition.org/carnets/370
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