Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network
Généalogie D'Une Banalité De Sinzo Aanza. Le Roman Des Moins-Que-Rien Et Des Héros Médiocres, Justin Bisanswa
Généalogie D'Une Banalité De Sinzo Aanza. Le Roman Des Moins-Que-Rien Et Des Héros Médiocres, Justin Bisanswa
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
This study looks at vulnerability in its full complexity through an analysis at the interstice of sociology and rhetoric of the book Genealogie d'une banalite by Sinzo Aanza. The inhabitants of the poor neighbourhood of the Bronx decide to overcome their misery by digging under their dwellings, in search of copper to sell to the Chinese. This access to money brings them to relish in certain pleasures. The characters live in an enclosed environment that, through the instability of their representation, becomes the space of multiple enigmas: social, sexual and emotional. These characters provoke a condensation of meaning leading to …