2 - Rulers against Writers, Writers against Rulers: The Failed Promise of the Public Sphere in Postcolonial Nigerian Fiction
Corresponding Author(s) : Ayo Kehinde
Afrique et développement,
Vol. 35 No 1-2 (2010): Afrique et développement: Numéro spécial sur la langue, la littérature et le pouvoir dans l'espace public
Résumé
Plusieurs critiques littéraires ont insisté sur la nature, les principes et les tendances de l’engagement dans la littérature nigériane. Cependant, il existe peu d’études scientifiques sur les représentations de la promesse manquée de la sphère publique dans la littérature postcoloniale nigériane. Ainsi, le présent article examine les stratégies et les techniques de représentation de l’espoir castré de la sphère publique dans la littérature postcoloniale nigériane, en utilisant les modèles fournis par Anthills of the Savannah de Chinua Achebe, The Famished Road de Ben Okri et Purple Hibiscus de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. La méthodologie implique une lecture attentive des textes sélectionnés, en utilisant le
concept de sphère publique de Jürgen Habermas comme cadre théorique. L’article révèle que le contexte des textes (le Nigeria) est dépourvu de sphère publique, qui est censée offrir un espace liminal entre le domaine privé de la société civile et de la famille, ainsi que la sphère de l’autorité publique. Ceci est indiqué dans le refus des personnages de méconnaitre « complètement le statut » (Habermas 1991:36).
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- Achebe, C., 1984, The Trouble with Nigeria, London: Heinemann.
- Achebe, C., 1987, Anthills of the Savannah, London: Heinemann.
- Adichie, C., 2003, Purple Hibiscus, Lagos: Farafina.
- Cooper, B., 1988, Magical Realism in West African Fiction: Seeing with a Third Eye, New York: Routledge.
- Davidson, B., 1992, The Black Man’s Burden: Africa and the Course of the Nation State, New York: Times Books.
- Fanon, F., 1968, The Wretched of the Earth, Translated by Constance Farrington, New York: Grove Press.
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- Glover, B., 2004, ‘The Public Sphere and Formal Nostalgia, 1709-1785’, PhD Dissertation, University of Virginia.
- Habermas, J., 1991, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society, Translated by Thomas Burger and Frederick Lawrence, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- JanMohamed, A., 1983, Manichean Aesthetics, Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press.
- Liman, A., 1977, ‘Postcolonial Discourse: The Case of Ben Okri’s Famished Road’, Currents in African Literature and the English Language, Volume 1, Number 1, 63-79.
- Mabura, L., 2008, ‘Breaking Gods: An African Postcolonial Gothic Reading of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus and Half a Yellow Sun’, Research in African Literatures, 39 (1), Spring, 203-222.
- Mazrui, A., 2005, ‘The Re-invention of Africa: Edward Said, Y.Y. Mudimbe and Beyond’, Research in African Literatures, 36 (3), Fall, 68-82.
- Ngara, E., 1990, ‘Achebe as Artist: The Place and Significance of Anthills of the Savannah’, Kunapipi, 12 (2), 113-129.
- Nkrumah, K., 1964, Conscienticism, London: Heinemann.
- Ogunsanwo, O., 1995, ‘Intertextuality and Post-Colonial Literature in Ben Okri’s The Famished Road’, Research in African Literatures, 26 (1), 40-52.
- Ojinma, U., 1991, Chinua Achebe: New Perspectives, Ibadan: Spectrum.
- Okri, B., 1991, The Famished Road, London: Jonathan Cape.
- Osundare, N., 2007, The Writer as a Righter, Ibadan: Hope Publications. Rutherford, P., 2000, Endless Propaganda: The Advertising of Public Goods, Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
- Sofola, Z., 1988, ‘African Society and the Concept of Freedom’, Okike, 27/28, 74-87.
- Szeman, I., 1998, ‘On National Cultures: Literary Politics in Canada, the Caribbean and Nigeria, 1952-1970’, Doctoral Thesis, Duke University.
- Williams, A., 1996, ‘Literature in the Time of Tyranny: African Writers and the Crisis of Governance’, Third World Quarterly, 17 (2), 349-362.
- Young, C., 2004, ‘The End of the Post-colonial State in Africa? Reflections on Changing African Political Dynamics’, African Affairs, 103, 23-49.
Les références
Achebe, C., 1984, The Trouble with Nigeria, London: Heinemann.
Achebe, C., 1987, Anthills of the Savannah, London: Heinemann.
Adichie, C., 2003, Purple Hibiscus, Lagos: Farafina.
Cooper, B., 1988, Magical Realism in West African Fiction: Seeing with a Third Eye, New York: Routledge.
Davidson, B., 1992, The Black Man’s Burden: Africa and the Course of the Nation State, New York: Times Books.
Fanon, F., 1968, The Wretched of the Earth, Translated by Constance Farrington, New York: Grove Press.
Frazer, N., 1992, ‘Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy’, in Habermas and the Public Sphere, Craig Calhoun, ed., Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Frye, N., 1944-45, ‘The Nature of Satire’, University of Toronto Quarterly. XIV, 79- 80.
Glover, B., 2004, ‘The Public Sphere and Formal Nostalgia, 1709-1785’, PhD Dissertation, University of Virginia.
Habermas, J., 1991, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society, Translated by Thomas Burger and Frederick Lawrence, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
JanMohamed, A., 1983, Manichean Aesthetics, Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press.
Liman, A., 1977, ‘Postcolonial Discourse: The Case of Ben Okri’s Famished Road’, Currents in African Literature and the English Language, Volume 1, Number 1, 63-79.
Mabura, L., 2008, ‘Breaking Gods: An African Postcolonial Gothic Reading of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus and Half a Yellow Sun’, Research in African Literatures, 39 (1), Spring, 203-222.
Mazrui, A., 2005, ‘The Re-invention of Africa: Edward Said, Y.Y. Mudimbe and Beyond’, Research in African Literatures, 36 (3), Fall, 68-82.
Ngara, E., 1990, ‘Achebe as Artist: The Place and Significance of Anthills of the Savannah’, Kunapipi, 12 (2), 113-129.
Nkrumah, K., 1964, Conscienticism, London: Heinemann.
Ogunsanwo, O., 1995, ‘Intertextuality and Post-Colonial Literature in Ben Okri’s The Famished Road’, Research in African Literatures, 26 (1), 40-52.
Ojinma, U., 1991, Chinua Achebe: New Perspectives, Ibadan: Spectrum.
Okri, B., 1991, The Famished Road, London: Jonathan Cape.
Osundare, N., 2007, The Writer as a Righter, Ibadan: Hope Publications. Rutherford, P., 2000, Endless Propaganda: The Advertising of Public Goods, Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Sofola, Z., 1988, ‘African Society and the Concept of Freedom’, Okike, 27/28, 74-87.
Szeman, I., 1998, ‘On National Cultures: Literary Politics in Canada, the Caribbean and Nigeria, 1952-1970’, Doctoral Thesis, Duke University.
Williams, A., 1996, ‘Literature in the Time of Tyranny: African Writers and the Crisis of Governance’, Third World Quarterly, 17 (2), 349-362.
Young, C., 2004, ‘The End of the Post-colonial State in Africa? Reflections on Changing African Political Dynamics’, African Affairs, 103, 23-49.