Malédiction (novel) Of Sylvie Ntsame As An Instrument For ‎transmitting A Culture

Abstract

One of the functions of literature is to educate the reader. The novel, which is a genre based on ‎character psychology, uses real-life models to raise readers' awareness of certain social issues. In the novel ‎Curse, Sylvie Ntsame draws attention to the loss of traditional values, particularly those related to the ‎question of marriage, and invites reflection on the transmission of these values in a society caught ‎between tradition and modernity. Faced with this novel, which is on the curriculum in secondary schools ‎in Gabon, the reader-teacher, who conceives of the literary work as a finished cultural product (i. e. ‎carefully conceived for a specific purpose) and whose educational mission complements that of the ‎writer, acts as her spokesperson by adopting an attitude-guide towards reader-students. ‎ This work shows that there is no teaching of literature without reading, which is the element that gives ‎concrete expression to the existence of a literary work. In addition, the teaching of literature through this ‎story aims to present it as a means of educating young Gabonese people and encouraging them to preserve ‎their culture. Through a narratological analysis based on a few narrative instances such as the space and ‎action of the main character, we will highlight the symbolic and pedagogical charge of the narrative ‎strategy adopted by the author. ‎ The interest of this reflection is to present the teacher-reader as an excellent agent for constructing the ‎meaning of a literary work. ‎ ‎