DECONSTRUCTIONSOCIOCRITIQUED’AMERCOMMEMIELD’ANTONINKALINSOUAMANGBE
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2022
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Journal of Modern European Languages and Literature(JMEL)
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Thedisciplinaryboundarybetweensocio-historicalphenomenaandtheliterarytextbecomesincreasinglyuncertainbecauseoftherelationshipbetweensaidtextandthesocio-historicalfactsofthesocietyfromwhichtheliterarytextemanates.HistoricalnovelssuchasthoseofMadamedeLaFayette,GeorgLukàs,EmileZolawereabletopaintthesocietyoftheirtime.AntoninAmangbéKolingba,goinginthesamedirectionintheshortstoryunderstudy,exposestheculturalandhistoricalcontextinAmercommemielpublishedin2017.Thisarticleprovidesasocio-criticaldeconstructionofthesaidshortstory.OurproblematicrevolvesaroundthesearchforthewaysinwhichAmercommemielisanessentialpartofthehistoricalandsocialliteratureofBenin.Asmethodologywehaveadoptedthesocio-criticalapproach.Socio-criticismisatheorythatrevealsthecoherentsetofbeliefsinsociety.Despitethevaluesofthepastevidentintheshortstory,wediscoverthatAmercommemielisashortstorythatbringsbacktomemorysomeofthosecustomsthatthemoresofthemomentrejectbecauseofmodernismandevolution.Also,theevolutionofAfricansocietiesincontemporarytimesdependsonpeoplewhocanexposetheusesandinconveniencesofsocietysothatthefutureofAfricasatisfiesitsdesire.Keywords:socio-criticism,text,sociality,socio-text,amercommemer
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Nnabuike, P.A. (2022). Déconstruction sociocritique d’Amer comme miel d’Antonin Kalinsou Amangbe. Journal of Modern European Languages and Literature, 16 (1), 101-114, Published by the Department of Modern European Languages, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Available online at https://journals.unizik.edu.ng