L’Errance dans Le
Cœur n’est pas un Genou que l’On plie de Mariama Barry
Jatoe-Kaleo, Baba Abraham
University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
Abstract
Errancy is a
mental state, a journey made introspectively, a search for the truth or a
rejection of society. Errancy as a notion has always perplexed and disquieted
people […] Our interest in this article revolves around the way in which
Mariama Barry presents the subject in her novel One does not bend the heart as
one does the knee […] This theme appears to be very important to Mariama Barry,
so much so that she hints at it in her dedication to the novel: One does not
bend the heart as one does the knee. Also, the book is dedicated to “children
of today and those of yester years, separated from their parents.” […] The
theme of errancy is by its very nature interdisciplinary.
Keywords :
Errancy, maroons, incessant movement, separation, alienation, psychological
torments, indeterminacy, evolution, incompleteness, inaccessibility,
vagabondage, abandoned child, tossed to and fro, navétane, social disintegration.
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