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Title
Between 'tsaddik' and 'quimboiseuse' : the Anthropoetic interface in the Schwarz-Bart novels = Femme-chamane entre ‘tsaddik’ et ‘quimboiseuse’ : l’interface anthropoétique dans l’œuvre schwarz-bartienne (cycle antillais / ashkénaze) = Mulher-xamã entre tsaddik e quimboiseuse: a interface antro-poética na obra schwarz-bartiana (ciclo antilhano/asquenazista)
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In the novels of both Andre (1928-2006) and Simone Schwarz-Bart (1938), the anthropological elements are tantamount: from rites of passage (from birth to death), from the rites of naming to the election of spiritual guide and healer, etc. Moreover, between the Black (Antillean) and Jewish (Ashkenaze) diasporic world, a reversibility is at play. The anthropoetic interface clearly manifests the presence of universal motifs, beyond the socio-cultural and ethno-religious divergences. As I have maintained in Marrane et Marronne: la coecriture reversible d'Andre et Simone Schwarz-Bart (GYSSELS, 2014), the crypto-Jewish identity ('marrane", in the sense of being a non-religious Jew, a converted Jew) is linked to the practice of marooning in Afro-Caribbean culture in the sense that the latter is equally marked by acculturation and resistance towards European oppression. Reversibility is consequently plainly illustrated through the magico-religious sphere in both diasporic communities.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Caligrama: Revista de Estudos Românicos
Publication
2020
ISSN
0103-2178
2238-3824
DOI
10.17851/2358-9787.25.3.77-100
Volume/pages
25 :3 (2020) , p. 77-100
ISI
000600171700005
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Last edited 30.10.2024
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