Abstract:
This study focuses on Ousmane Sembène’s novel “Ȏ pays, mon beau peuple!” as an
attempt to rewrite Jacques Roumain’s “Gouverneurs de la rosée”. It aims first to
demonstrate that the two stories are modern epics. Moreover, the other is an attempt
to reset the struggle of liberation from colonial domination and exploitation within the
Marxist revolutionary theory. In doing so, we used the comparative analysis approach
to establish the major similarities, and differences between the two. The Marxist,
postcolonial and intertextuality theories support the study. Our analysis indicates that
Jacques Roumain did not find a lasting solution to the exploitation and oppression of
the people of Fonds-Rouge with his pacifism. This prompted Sembène to take over to
fill the gap left by his predecessor. We thus conclude that Sembène Ousmane’s
position is in line with Frantz Fanon and the likes who think that only revolutionary
violence in unity can liberate dominated people from colonial exploitation.
Description:
A thesis in the Department of French Education,
Faculty of Foreign Languages Education and Communication submitted to the
School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment
of the requirement for the award of the Degree of
Master of Philosophy
(French Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba
JULY, 2020
