Rites et célébrations dans deux oeuvres de Paule Marshall, « to dah-du in memoriam » et Praise Song for the Widow
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1992
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Françoise Charras, « Rites et célébrations dans deux oeuvres de Paule Marshall, « to dah-du in memoriam » et Praise Song for the Widow », Revue Française d'Études Américaines, ID : 10.3406/rfea.1992.1450
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Incursions in time and space are a way of exploring primal myths. In her writings, Paule Marshall charts the poles of this exploration, opposing two symbolic spaces : the island, sacred land of the ancestors, and its antithesis North White Plains on the continent. Through her representation of fundamental personal and communal rites — pagan or Christian, African or American — Marshall creates another ritualistic experience, not only for the protagonists of her narratives but also for the reader.