The novel Douceurs du bercail (1998), from Senegalese writer Aminata Sow Fall: Naatangué as an eutopic place
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https://doi.org/10.5380/rvx.v17i4.86819Keywords:
Douceurs du bercail, Aminata Sow Fall, Utopia, EutopiaAbstract
In this article, we present Naatangué, a Senegalese rural property that brings happiness to many people, described in the novel Douceurs du bercail (1998), by Aminata Sow Fall. Naatangué is a word in Wolof, Fall’s mother tongue, which encompasses the notions of happiness, abundance and peace (FALL, 1998, p. 197, n. 1). The name given to this space refers to an ideal place, in which feelings related to happiness, abundance and completeness are present. Measuring ten hectares of land, this “garden” (the word with which its owner describes it) can be understood as a utopian place. Based on More’s Utopia (2018) and on the studies of Trousson (1999), Dubois (2009) and Abensour (1993), we will reflect on the meanings of utopia, highlighting its semantic diversity, which refers both to utopia (non-place) as for eutopia (good place). Next, we will analyze some excerpts in which Naatangué is described, in order to understand to what extent this space is related to an eutopic place (OYOUROU, 2014).
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