Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo au Mercure de France ou les ambiguïtés d'une posture littéraire

The "Lettres malgaches" published in the Mercure de France are certainly not as extensive as for other geographical areas: only one issue, in June 1924, with eight pages. It was written by a young Malagasy author, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, barely twenty-one years old, and was intended to pr...

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Main Authors: Brigitte Rasoloniaina, Claire Riffard
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Language:English
Published: Institut des textes & manuscrits modernes (ITEM) 2024-07-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/coma/11867
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description The "Lettres malgaches" published in the Mercure de France are certainly not as extensive as for other geographical areas: only one issue, in June 1924, with eight pages. It was written by a young Malagasy author, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, barely twenty-one years old, and was intended to provide an overview of contemporary Malagasy literature. However, this isolated article fully justifies a study, because it reveals to the literary world of the time - and to today's public - the pen of one of the greatest Malagasy writers, a precursor poet between two worlds; beyond that, because it illustrates the ambiguities of a colonial France advocating assimilation while preventing the full recognition of indigenous talent. The art of the young Rabearivelo – and the interest of this text – lies in highlighting this paradox. Pretending to follow the academic codes of a metropolitan literary review, he bypasses and subverts them by using the oratorical art of the Malagasy kabary (speech), which structures the text.
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Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo au Mercure de France ou les ambiguïtés d'une posture littéraire
Continents manuscrits
Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
Madagascar
Le Mercure de France
Malagasy literature
title Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo au Mercure de France ou les ambiguïtés d'une posture littéraire
title_full Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo au Mercure de France ou les ambiguïtés d'une posture littéraire
title_fullStr Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo au Mercure de France ou les ambiguïtés d'une posture littéraire
title_full_unstemmed Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo au Mercure de France ou les ambiguïtés d'une posture littéraire
title_short Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo au Mercure de France ou les ambiguïtés d'une posture littéraire
title_sort jean joseph rabearivelo au mercure de france ou les ambiguites d une posture litteraire
topic Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
Madagascar
Le Mercure de France
Malagasy literature
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