(UN)PATRIOTISM AND EXOTICISM IN MOBILITY NARRATIVES: MOSES ISEGAWA’S ABYSSINIAN CHRONICLES, CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S AMERICANAH AND AMMA DARKO’S BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
Author(s)
Maxime TA BI IRIE
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Abstract
The present article plunges into the exotic attitudes and lack of patriotic spirit of
Africans in contrast with Western youth. It is a comparative study to lay bare the deep
roots of migratory phenomenon in vogue in African States. This work intends to be the
barometer of patriotic engagement of young African and their fellows of European and
American with their nations. Indeed, the article seeks to assess the level of pride that
the different citizens display towards their land. Objectively, it showcases the drastic
opposed transmitted thinking and perception that African and western youth have of
themselves and also of their fatherland. In a psychoanalysis process, the analysis
focuses on the contradictory thinking, speech and actions of both westerners and
Africans youth in the novels of African migrant writers. In two main articulated parts
relying on subparts, the investigation undertakes to result in the expected
denouement
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ISSN : 2959-9407 Editeur : UFR Lettres et Arts Université : UPGC Périodicité : Semestriel Domaines : Lettres, Langues, Littératures, Communication et Sciences de l’Education