Published: 2021-06-29

Female Youth Writing and the Postulation of the Emergence of a Country in Lettre à Tita 2: Between Anti-Modernism, Past Exaltation and Ethical Quest

Pierre Suzanne Eyenga Onana Logo ORCID

Abstract

Children’s literature is sometimes considered to be the poor relation of literary genres throughout the world, as it is often confined to the rank of literature for the very young. Yet, on closer inspection, does this literature not play an important role in establishing national identity? In other words, does it contribute to the spread of tolerance and therefore to living together? Backed by Pierre Barbéris’ sociocriticism and structured in three parts, this contribution first illustrates the motivations behind the characters’ behavioural imposture; then examines the internal components that articulate the novel’s literality. Finally, the analysis shows that Jeanne Abou’ou’s Lettre à Tita 2, beyond the stigmatization of a poorly assumed modernism or the exaltation of traditional values, deeply encapsulates the writer’s desire to postulate an emerging world in which Cameroonians would readily identify themselves.

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Eyenga Onana, P. S. (2021). Female Youth Writing and the Postulation of the Emergence of a Country in Lettre à Tita 2: Between Anti-Modernism, Past Exaltation and Ethical Quest. Romanica Silesiana, 19(1), 68–79. https://doi.org/10.31261/RS.2021.19.06

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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2021)
Published: 2021-07-14


ISSN: 1898-2433
eISSN: 2353-9887

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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