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The Sounds Of Madame Geoffrin’S Salon, Melanie Conroy

ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640–1830

Salons were core institutions of the eighteenth-century European social calendar, especially in Paris. Literary performances and philosophical conversation were the core activities of many of these gatherings. What did conversation and literary readings actually sound like at these events? To what extent were voices audible to everyone in the room, or too muffled or far away to be heard? What was the impact of the ambiance or of ephemeral sound on the reading or reception of the hearing? Using textual descriptions, paintings, and architectural information, I reconstruct two legendary readings of eighteenth-century texts, Voltaire’s L’Orphélin de la Chine and Marmontel's …

Enfilade And Variations: Interpreting Salon Music Through Residential Architecture In Eighteenth-Century Paris, Nicole Vilkner

ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640–1830

In eighteenth-century Parisian salons, theme and variations on popular melodies proliferated. Elaine Sisman’s seminal study of variation form provides a foundational approach for understanding variations as rhetorical exercises that persuade through differences in syntax and expression. In this vein, scholars have comprehensively affirmed the ways that salon music reflects the dialogic and sociable practices of Enlightenment receptions (Hanning, Sutcliffe, and Zohn). I suggest that theme and variation form is not only connected to the rhetoric of the salon, but that the concept of sequential elaboration is a principle that was also prized in residential architecture.

Drawing from theoretical writings of …

Toxic Varnishes: Perfumes, Stench, And Glow In Eighteenth-Century French Salons, Érika Wicky

ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640–1830

As several historians, including Alain Corbin, have noted, a new sensitivity to odors emerged in the 18^th century that increased people’s negative responses to strong smells and heightened the demand for fragrances that were not only pleasant but also light and subtle. Some scholars see this period as a true “olfactory revolution.” How was this expressed in the salon, perceived both as a luxurious space and a site of elite sociability? This focus on the smell of varnish aims to illustrate how the scent of materials intertwined with the pleasures of decorative arts, both in the entire space of …

The Patronage Of Noble Medieval Women And Marie De France’S Yonec, Rex Wagner

Rushton Journal of Undergraduate Humanities Research

Marie de France’s Lais emerged during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, reflecting the literary patronage of noble women. This paper focuses on the lai Yonec, a story that centers on a noblewoman trapped in a loveless marriage to an elderly king, exploring themes of romantic longing and the constraints of dynastic unions. By examining historical expectations of marriage alongside advancements in vernacular literature, the paper reveals how Yonec articulates the frustrations of women feeling confined by political arrangements. Ultimately, it argues that these women used literary patronage to express their desires for love and fulfillment.

Examining State Development In West Africa, Through Senegal And Nigeria, Kasandra L. Housley

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This paper studies the relationship between the state and armed conflict in West Africa with an emphasis placed on the value, influence, and role of social institutions on the long-term stability of the West African state. The countries of the Republic of Senegal and Nigeria represent the primary focus of the paper. Comparisons are made of the history of each country/state and experience with socio-political conflict in an effort to explain the penultimate place of social as opposed to legalistic or political influences responsible for the long term survival of the independent state in West Africa. The central question explored …

A Linguistic Analysis Of The Language Surrounding Witchcraft In France From The 16th To 20th Centuries, Kaleigh Landers

Honors Theses

While the history of witchcraft in France is a subject that has received significant scholarly attention, little research has been conducted on the linguistic implications of the language used in regard to the subject. This study attempts to analyze the texts written about witchcraft between the 16^th and 20^th centuries in order to draw conclusions as to how language and culture affect each other. The aim of this study was to conduct a discourse analysis of these texts to identify cultural connotations, language trends, and insights regarding how the French language has evolved to communicate complex, dividing concepts …

Littérature Et Dynamiques Sociopolitiques En Afrique Subsaharienne

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

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Front Matter And Table Of Contents (N° 102)

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

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Présentation, Patricia Angèle Siewe Seuchie, Patoimbasba Nikiema

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

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L’Arme De Destruction Massive : L’Autocensure, Pius Ngandu Nkashama

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

Writing a literary text requires following pre-established rules that are both tacit and implicit. Literature expresses a space of creativity and freedom, reconstructing the principle of Freedom. Literary theory assumes an economy of rhetoric, operational when it implements mechanisms of decoding. This approach, guided by education, evolves through manifest structures of differentiation. This article argues that, despite the tacit and implicit rules, literature remains a space of creativity that transcends formal rhetorical constraints, promoting the emergence of textual innovations and questioning established conventions shaped by self-censorship and other disruptive forces.

Rédiger un texte littéraire nécessite de suivre des règles préétablies, …

Le Polar D’Afrique Francophone Face Aux Défis Politiques Et Littéraires, Lise Mba Ekani

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

This article explores the politics and aesthetics of Francophone African crime fiction through an analytical reading of novels by Simon Njami, Ken Bugul, Janis Otsiemi, and Modibo Sounkalo Keita. It argues that Francophone African crime fiction not only deconstructs the genre’s canonical theories but also unveils the complexity inherent in its aesthetic comprehension. The article aims to analyze these texts from the periphery of canonical centers, thereby decentering traditionally established convergences

Cet article interroge la politique et l’esthétique du polar africain francophone à travers une lecture analytique des romans de Simon Njami, Ken Bugul, Janis Otsiemi et Modibo Sounkalo Keita. …

Des Mots Et Des Actions Sociales : L’Écriture Et Le Militantisme Chez Djaïli Amadou Amal, Lucien Bindi Ngouté

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

Djaïli Amadou Amal is the author of five novels focusing on women’s issues in North Cameroon. She addresses early marriage, girls’ schooling and discrimination against women, highlighting social and religious constraints. Her writing, at the crossroads of tradition and modernity, is a social commitment aimed at changing mentalities. Her activism, a natural extension of her works, shows how her social actions are in line with the themes explored in her novels.

Djaïli Amadou Amal est l’auteure de cinq romans, centrés sur les enjeux féminins dans le Nord-Cameroun. Elle aborde le mariage précoce, la scolarisation des filles et la discrimination des …

La Migration Face Aux Enjeux Identitaires Et Juridiques Dans Mur Méditerranée De Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Léopold Mvuezolo

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

This article explores the identity and legal challenges encountered by the three protagonists in Louis-Philippe Dalembert’s Mur Méditerranée, each of whom has distinct migratory motivations. This interdisciplinary study advocates for the recognition of climate migrants as “protected persons” and the inclusion of “climate persecution” in the International Convention of 1951. The article highlights the perspectives and challenges of migration, particularly the status of refugees according to international conventions, while assessing the socio-cultural implications of migration shock and related legal aspects in the current global geopolitical context of mobility.

Cet article explore les défis identitaires et juridiques rencontrés par les trois …

"Maternité, Identité Et Littérature Féminine D’Afrique Francophone", Opportune Zongo

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

This article examines the link between maternity and the identity of the woman in Francophone African literature. It focuses on three novels that advance that a woman’s identity, in African society, is tied to her ability to bear children. The authors demonstrate the ways, for African women, childbearing can be a physical, psychological, and emotional prison or a potent medium of identity formation defined by whatever values or motivations they have.

Cet article propose une analyse de l’association entre la maternité et l’identité de la femme dans la littérature d’Afrique francophone. Trois oeuvres abordant ce thème illustrent que l’identité de …

Index (N° 102)

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

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Abstracts (N° 102)

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Écriture Et Réflexivité Littéraire Dans La Plus Secrète Mémoire Des Hommes De Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Patoimbasba Nikiema

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

In La plus secrète mémoire des hommes, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr addresses a crucial question regarding the ontology of African literature, echoing the reflections of Antoine Compagnon in La littérature pour quoi faire ? and Jean-Paul Sartre in Qu’est-ce que la littérature ? Sarr stands out by opening this debate to an Afrocentric perspective, refocusing the discussions on an African inquiry into the purpose of writing. This article aims to analyze the literary reflexivity as presented by Sarr in his work, suggesting that writing, being self-aware, questions its place and impact in both aesthetic and sociopolitical contexts.

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La Politique « Démautocratique » En Afrique Postcoloniale Et Le Double Désenchantement De L’Enfant Dans Allah N’Est Pas Obligé D’Ahmadou Kourouma, Lilian Dooshima Dugguh

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

This article explores how two new political systems namely demautocratic politics and the political system of the “wolf and the lamb”, created by post-colonial African leaders, constitute the foundation of the core of the issues described in Ahmadou Kourouma’s Allah n’est pas obligé (2000). Analysing these literary works through the postcolonial theory, and highlighting themes such as violence, marginalization, and the instrumentalization of children during war, this article emphasizes the role of African literature in illuminating the complexities of socio-political realities in post-colonial Africa.

Cet article examine comment deux systèmes, « la politique démautocratique » et le système politique « …

La Post-Colonie Camerounaise En Crise : L’Écriture Comme Nouvel Humanisme ?, Patricia Angèle Siewe Seuchie

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

Though its’s been over sixty years that the majority of African colonies have acquired their independence, the management of these young states remains wobbling nowadays. In Cameroon this unstable socio-political situation which is at the core of the many tensions of various intensity the country has known over the course of its history is both concerning and compelling. From a literary standpoint, this project focuses on the view that novelists such as Patrice Nganang and Nathalie Etoké have on this situation. Building on the Sartre’s question of the writer’s engagement, I will analyze the role of fiction in the social …

Un Autre Regard Sur La Politique : Le Narrateur-Enfant Chez Mabanckou Et Dongala, Michele Kenfack

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

Emmanuel Dongala’s Little Boys Come from the Stars and Alain Mabanckou’s The Death of Comrade President showcase new approaches to politics in sub-Saharan African literature through witty and spirited children’s accounts of (trans)national political events. This article demonstrates how these writers use the motive of a child’s experiential learning to redefine the representation of politics in literature. Their novels unveil the dynamic evolutionary interplay between literature and politics through connections between individual and collective experiences as well as local and global issues.

Les petits garçons naissent aussi des étoiles (1998) d’Emmanuel Dongala et Les cigognes sont immortelles (2018) d’Alain Mabanckou …

Redéfinir L’Africanité Des Salons De Tresses : L’Exemple D’Americanah, Sylviane Ngandu-Kalenga Greensword

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

Establishments known as “African Hair Braiding Salon”, mostly run by women from French-speaking countries in sub-Saharan Africa, are increasingly popular in the United States, as American customers perceive African braiders as authentic artisans. Through an analysis of various scenes from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Americanah, this article proposes a new definition of Africanness, adapted to the dynamic make-up of the contemporary African diaspora, and in consideration of factors such as ethnicity, nationality and socio-economic status.

Les établissements connus sous le nom de « African Hair Braiding », principalement dirigés par des femmes de pays francophones d’Afrique subsaharienne, sont de …

Beyond Surrealism: The Developing Keyboard Style Of André Souris, Melanie T. Mallard

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

André Souris (1899-1970) is perhaps best known as a musical contributor to the Belgian surrealist group founded by Paul Nougé, but he assumed many roles throughout his life, including composer, writer, director, and promoter of modern music. His various interests influenced the style of his compositions, which remain largely unpublished and have received little scholarly attention beyond researchers of surrealism. Through this survey of many of Souris’ works for keyboard, I attempt to lay the groundwork for further discussion about Souris’ musical contributions not only through the lens of surrealism but also throughout his compositional career. This descriptive analysis of …

Speculum Feminarum: Feminine Representation And Identity In Fifteenth-Century France, Karli R. Snyder

Art & Art History ETDs

Late medieval views of women in Western European culture, specifically in fifteenth-century France, were predicated on the ideologies of "other." According to normative sociocultural attitudes of this period, women were immoral, lascivious, and indulged in frivolity. Their culturally acceptable and, therefore, natural roles were delineated solely as that of wife and mother. Although the origin of these views is obscured by time, there are scores of textual and visual examples of this cultural labeling. This thesis focuses on how the ideologies of feminine sociocultural roles developed and matured during the late Middle Ages. By comparatively analyzing copies of the visual …

Mobilizing The Masks Of Carnaval For A Re-Reading Of Zobel's Rue Cases-Nègres, Benjamin E. Tilson

Tête à Tête: Journal of Francophone Studies

The identity of Caribbean literature, subject to the forces of domination and exclusion, has long been contested from both within and outside of its field. Alternately described as imitating, reappropriating, indigenizing and reductionist, Caribbean writers have sought to carve out a space for works that are received as authentic without recourse to fetishes. Drawing upon the works of Maryse Condé, the Creolists and anthropologic studies of Carnaval, the present work attempts to analyze what might be termed alternative narratives, characters and symbols in Joseph Zobel’s novel La Rue Cases-Nègres and its filmic adaptation by Euzhan Palcy through the lens of …

Les Structures Identitaires Et Mémorielles Dans Nom De Constance Debré, Aditi Khasa

Tête à Tête: Journal of Francophone Studies

Cet article propose une lecture parallèle du roman Nom de Constance Debré, à travers le prisme théorique de la mémoire collective et de ses multiples mécanismes. En mobilisant les concepts développés par Maurice Halbwachs et Jan Assmann, l’analyse met en lumière les différentes sphères de mémoire, leur influence dominante, ainsi que leur rôle dans la construction de l'identité de l'auteure. Cette étude interroge la fonction de l'écriture pour Debré et son importance dans son processus d'émancipation. L’essai explore également la manière dont les structures de mémoire et d'identité sont articulées et évoluent au sein du récit.

Belonging And Heroic Non-Conformity In Marie-Célie Agnant's Femmes Aux Temps Des Carnassiers, Danica L E Guerrero

Tête à Tête: Journal of Francophone Studies

In an effort to maintain power in an authoritarian state, dictators target, silence, and eliminate those unwilling to conform. In Marie-Célie Agnant's 2015 novel Femmes aux temps des carnassiers, Mika Pelrin and her daughter Soledad are kidnapped, raped, and tortured by the Tonton Macoutes because of Mika's refusal to be silenced by the Duvalier regime in 1958. Through this fictional account based on appalling historical events and the tragic fate of journalist Yvonne Hakim Rimpel, Agnant insists on the vital societal role played by courageous women like her defiant character Mika who, through nonconformity and at the risk of their …

Les Expressions Erronées Dans La Traduction De Certains Francisants À Tai Solarin University Of Education, Malik Garba, Tajudeen Salaudeen

Tête à Tête: Journal of Francophone Studies

La traduction est tout simplement la transposition du message d’une langue de départ vers une langue d’arrivée pour exprimer la même réalité. Cette recherche vise à nous élucider sur ce que c’est la traduction et la performance linguistique des apprenants Anglophones : le cas des apprenants du français en troisième année à Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) dans l’état d’Ogun au Nigéria. Nous avons décidé de travailler sur une dizaine d’étudiants faisant le français pédagogique. Il s’avère nécessaire de mentionner que certaines phrases anglaises étaient tirées de l’ouvrage de Femi Ojo-Ade (2017) d’où les apprenants sont persuadés de fournir …

Des Rois Anglais Qui Parlent Français : Une Etude Sur La Situation Linguistique En Angleterre Après La Conquête Normande, Trent Dunkin

Tête à Tête: Journal of Francophone Studies

Prior to 1066, England was ruled by the Germanic speaking Anglo-Saxons. However, after the defeat of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror became King of England, ushering in a lengthy era in which English monarchs were primarily francophone. This article explores the linguistic situation in England before, during, and after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Specifically, this article looks at the Anglo-Norman dialect as a distinct Langue d’Oïl, focusing primarily on its phonetics, syntax, and orthography, using examples found in Laüstic and Chèvrefeuille, two lais written by Marie de France in the late 12 …

De La Saleté A La Poésie : Portrait De La France Périphérique Dans L’Été Des Charognes De Simon Johannin, Julie Catel

Tête à Tête: Journal of Francophone Studies

Simon Johannin's debut novel, "L'Été des charognes," published in 2017, offers a vivid portrayal of life in La Fourrière, an isolated village located in the Vosges. This area falls within what the French sociologist Christophe Guilluy terms 'France périphérique,' which refers to rural regions plagued by poverty and a sense of neglect. Through the perspective of an adolescent narrator, Johannin depicts the village's harsh daily reality, emphasizing its pervasive violence and the filth that characterizes its landscape. The narrative is saturated with descriptions of unpleasant odors, particularly from the decomposing carcasses of farm animals awaiting disposal, which permeate the village …