World VIsions in Swahili LIterature THe Locations of (World) Literature

World VIsions in Swahili LIterature

Lundi 19 juin 2017 09:45-10:00

ENS
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Voir aussi : Approches historiques des modernités littéraires et artistiques, Dynamiques interculturelles, Politiques des littératures et des arts : enjeux et situations, Littérature, Roman, Littératures et terrains, Études postcoloniales

Probably because of its relationship with a coastal culture, Swahili literature seems very aware of its situation in the world. Through the reading of some poems and novels, I propose to study the way in which the Swahili writers configure the world in its entirety. This will open the way to identify the specificities of a Swahili cosmopolitanism.