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Genre/Form: | Thèses et écrits académiques |
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Material Type: | Thesis/dissertation, Manuscript |
Document Type: | Book, Archival Material |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Denis Ekpo; Jack Corzani; Université Bordeaux Montaigne. |
OCLC Number: | 489759083 |
Description: | 1 vol. (364 f.) ; 30 cm. |
Responsibility: | Denis Ekpo ; sous la direction de Jack Corzani. |
Abstract:
THE OBJECT OF OUR DISSERTATION HAS BEEN A STUDY OF SOME AFRICAN NOVELS IN THE LIGHT OF EUROPEAN EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY. OUR POINT OF DEPARTURE WAS THAT DE SIX NOVELS IN QUESTION - L'AVENTURE AMBIGUE, LA PLAIE, CHAINE, L'ECART, UN PIEGE SANS FIN, AND LE REGARD DU ROI - APPREHEND HUMAN REALITY IN AFRICA FROM AN ESSENTIALLY METAPHYSICAL OR EXISTEN- TIAL VIEW POINT. TO THIS EFFECT, THEY LEND THEMSELVES TO A FRUITFUL PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS CAPABLE OF SHEDDING NEW LIGHT ON THE HUMAN OR METAPHYSICAL PROBLEMS THEY EXPLORE. EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY TOGETHER WITH ITS VARIOUS MODELS OF ANALYSIS SERVED AS THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAME- WORK OF OUR STUDY. AS THE ESSENCE OF PHILOSOPHICAL CRITICISM OF LITERARY TEXTS SHOULD BE THE UNION OF LITERARY ANALYSIS WITH PHILOSOPHICAL REFLEXION, OUR STUDY HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO TWO PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE IS CONCERNED WITH A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STU- DY OF THE FORMS AND STRUCTURES OF THE NOVELS AIMED AT UNCOVERING THE EXISTENTIAL MOUVEMENTS AND THEMES OF WHICH THE SAID FORMS AND STRUCTURES ARE THE EMBODIMENTS. THE SECOND PHASE TAKES UP THE THEMES AND MOUVEMENTS SO UNCOVERED IN ORDER TO SUBMIT THEM TO A THO- ROUGH AND SYSTEMATIC PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS. THUS IN KEEPING WITH AN EXISTENTIAL APPROACH, IN THE FIRST INSTANCE THE ADVENTURE OF THE HERO OF EACH NOVEL IS VIEWED AND ANALYSED AS THE DIALECTICS OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S FREEDOM AS IT COMES TO GRIPS WITH VARIOUS SI- TUATIONS. IN THE SECOND INSTANCE, OTHER HUMAN AND HISTORICAL PRO- BLEMS RAISED BY SOME OF THESE TEXTS ARE SUBMITTED TO A SYPNOTIC PHILOSOPHICAL SCRUTINY. FINALLY, AS EACH OF THESE NOVELS IS INFOR- MED BY A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW OF ITS AUTHOR ON AFRICAN HUMAN AND HISTORICAL REALITY, OUR STUDY ENDS WITH A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF EACH AUTHOR'S AFRICAN THOUGHTS AS PORTRAYED IN HIS NOVE.
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