Modernités littéraires en Afrique : injonction ou évidence ?

The claim for literary and artistic modernity on the African continent is linked to the slogan of modernization, constantly applied, since the beginning of colonization up to the present days, in social and political areas. The technological dimension of such modernization, the split it entails betw...

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Main Author: Xavier Garnier
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Pléiade (EA 7338) 2009-11-01
Series:Itinéraires
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/itineraires/487
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Modernités littéraires en Afrique : injonction ou évidence ?
Itinéraires
African literature
modernization
colonization
individualism
tradition
title Modernités littéraires en Afrique : injonction ou évidence ?
title_full Modernités littéraires en Afrique : injonction ou évidence ?
title_fullStr Modernités littéraires en Afrique : injonction ou évidence ?
title_full_unstemmed Modernités littéraires en Afrique : injonction ou évidence ?
title_short Modernités littéraires en Afrique : injonction ou évidence ?
title_sort modernites litteraires en afrique injonction ou evidence
topic African literature
modernization
colonization
individualism
tradition
url https://journals.openedition.org/itineraires/487
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