La fille de Nana-Benz: voices, beliefs, and shadows of a colonial legacy. This article offers a critical reading of Edwidge Edorh’s novel La Fille de Nana- Benz through an interdisciplinary lens combining novel theory, postcolonial critique, and feminist analysis. The protagonist Vidio, a central female figure, serves as a narrative vehicle to explore bodily suffering, indigenous spiritual legacies, and family conflicts. Through a writing style based on polyphony, silence, and memory, the text articulates a female subjectivity that challenges social norms and symbolic violence inherited from the colonial period. Drawing on the works of Bakhtin, Barthes, Blanchot, and Mbembe, the analysis reveals how the body, language, and spirituality become sites of resistance in contemporary Togolese literature.
La Fille de Nana-Benz: voyage croyances et ombres d’un héritage colonial
Gabriella Giansante
2025-01-01
Abstract
La fille de Nana-Benz: voices, beliefs, and shadows of a colonial legacy. This article offers a critical reading of Edwidge Edorh’s novel La Fille de Nana- Benz through an interdisciplinary lens combining novel theory, postcolonial critique, and feminist analysis. The protagonist Vidio, a central female figure, serves as a narrative vehicle to explore bodily suffering, indigenous spiritual legacies, and family conflicts. Through a writing style based on polyphony, silence, and memory, the text articulates a female subjectivity that challenges social norms and symbolic violence inherited from the colonial period. Drawing on the works of Bakhtin, Barthes, Blanchot, and Mbembe, the analysis reveals how the body, language, and spirituality become sites of resistance in contemporary Togolese literature.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
