LES RAPPORTS HUMAINS DANS NINI ET MAIMOUNA D'ABDOULAYE SADJI
LES RAPPORTS HUMAINS DANS NINI ET MAIMOUNA D'ABDOULAYE SADJI
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1983-06
Authors
IWEZE, MARIA UZONWA
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Abstract
This work is concerned with the study of human
relationships in the two novels of Abdoulaye Sadji,
Nini and Mai'mouna. It highlights the author!s preoccupations
with the changes taking place in the Senegalese
society of his tine, that is, the first half of the
twentieth century.
The first Chapter deals with Nini showing the
relationships of the Mulatoes, represented "by Nini,
with their families, their peer group, and the other
social groups of Saint-Louis, that is, the Whites and
the Blacks. It emphasizes the fact that the Blacks were
beginning to take over power in the saint-louisian society
while the mulatoes were losing their former priviledged
situation, a development which they were refusing
to accept.
The se cond Chapter is a study of the "behaviour of
the emerging bourgeoisie of Dakar in Matmouna, its
relationship with the other social groups and its
attitude vis-a-vis the western and islamo-senegalese
cultures.
In Chapter 3, the similarities and differences
in the two novels are examined. The two novels were
written in the some colonial period and describe the
sane senegalese society. Nevertheless, they deal with
characters from different racial backgrounds who evolve
in different social milieus.
The fourth Chapter is a study of some of the
literary movements that influenced Sadji in his two
novels and some of the narrative techniques that he
used in transmitting his message. It is argued that
the work of Sadji is largely influenced by the French
realist novel of the nineteenth century, the French
poetry of the same century and the Negritude movement
of the twentieth century. It is also argued that
he has been able to use competently certain techniques
like that of contrast, of description and of language
Description
Presented to the Postgraduate School,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in
partial fulfilment of the requirements
for the degree of Master of Arts (French).
Ahnadu Bello University, Zaria
Keywords
RAPPORTS, HUMAINS, DANS, NINI, MAIMOUNA, D'ABDOULAYE, SADJI