Congo belge et littérature de jeunesse dans l'entre-deux-guerres
While little known to critics, Belgian colonial literature for French-speaking children nevertheless provides interesting perspectives on colonial history, and, more broadly, on the whole question of identity resulting from a relationship to the “other” and “elsewhere.” In this context, we examine t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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Association Française de Recherche sur les Livres et les Objets Culturels de l’Enfance (AFRELOCE)
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Strenae |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/strenae/606 |
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| Summary: | While little known to critics, Belgian colonial literature for French-speaking children nevertheless provides interesting perspectives on colonial history, and, more broadly, on the whole question of identity resulting from a relationship to the “other” and “elsewhere.” In this context, we examine three major works from the interwar period: Tante Julia découvre le Congo (Roger Ransy, 1932), Jeannot gosse d'Afrique (Jeanne Maquet-Tombu, 1935) and Bamboula le petit homme noir (Franz Hellens, 1942, adapted from Bass-Bassina-Boulou, 1922). Here we are concerned with the ways in which these children’s colonial stories constitute a privileged place in which one can either embrace or question ideology. |
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| ISSN: | 2109-9081 |