Published: 2021-03-31

Kwahulé and Tarnagda : African theater between stereotype and originality

Witold Wołowski Logo ORCID , Renata Jakubczuk Logo ORCID

Abstract

After a short presentation of theatrical definitions of stereotypes, this article offers an hermeneutic study, focused on the elements of stereotypes and strategies of de-stereotyping in two contemporary African plays: Bintou (1997) by Koffi Kwahulé and Les Larmes du ciel d’août -Tears of the August sky (2010) by Aristide Tarnagda. The analysis aims to demonstrate how Koffi Kwahulé et Aristide Tarnagda indulge, possibly unknowingly, in a subtle play with a cliché.

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Wołowski, W., & Jakubczuk, R. (2021). Kwahulé and Tarnagda : African theater between stereotype and originality. Romanica Silesiana, 16(2), 273–286. https://doi.org/10.31261/RS.2019.16.26

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Vol. 16 No. 2 (2019)
Published: 2021-05-28


ISSN: 1898-2433
eISSN: 2353-9887

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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