Aliénation et Féminisme Dans La Vie Sans Fards de Maryse Condé
Date
2021-09
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University of Ghana
Abstract
Alienation and feminism are inseparable phenomena of culture in which literature has been entrenched. Literature and popular social culture happen to be a matter of dispute and debate which seem to be a matter of concern in La vie sans fards by Maryse Condé that our research work seems to investigate. Alienation has long been a devastating phenomenon among the Caribbeans and it is a psychological occurrence that manifests itself in them as a result of their slavery origination and for them also being colonized by the western world. Women are the most affected by alienation in the West Indies because they feel marginalized and oppressed as a result of their gender and also of their status as a product of slavery. In La vie sans fards, it is the writer, Condé, who portrays this renowned character in Africa and Europe. Our research aims at demonstrating the effects of alienation and feminism on the protagonist in a society that is said to be mainly patriarchal. We used a qualitative approach to achieve our research goal. The data collected shows that the narrator was alienated in view of her maladjustment and her quest for identity power and supremacy. Her feminism however reflects on her struggle for self-identity position.
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MPhil. French
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Alienation, Feminism, Women, Africa