Maran entre Chateaubriand et Rabearivelo

After having shown how much Batouala remains indebted to the great romantic classics (mainly Chateaubriand) in its formatted description of nature (or eco-text), we’ll analyse how in 1926 a young Malagasy poet, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, subscribes to the same literary vain by following in René Maran’...

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Main Author: Jean-Louis Cornille
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université des Antilles 2021-12-01
Series:Études Caribéennes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/23419
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Summary:After having shown how much Batouala remains indebted to the great romantic classics (mainly Chateaubriand) in its formatted description of nature (or eco-text), we’ll analyse how in 1926 a young Malagasy poet, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, subscribes to the same literary vain by following in René Maran’s footsteps. Furthermore, we’ll show how Rabearivelo multiplies the textual echoes to Batouala at a cultural level as well, in his effort to write a truly malagasy novel.
ISSN:1779-0980
1961-859X