[ Le bar: Un prétexte d’une esthétique exutoire dans l’écriture de Tierno Monénembo ]
Volume 47, Issue 1, November 2025, Pages 31–39
Yao Dicy Gnengba First1 and Baguissoga Satra2
1 Département de Lettres Modernes, Université de Kara, Togo
2 Département de Lettres Modernes, Université de Kara, Togo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2025 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This reflexion attempts to analyse how the notion of «bar» in the writing of Tierno Monénembo offers itself as the anchor of an aesthetic outlet. Like a pretext, the topos of the bar in his work illustrates the outlet of a counter-moral story. The objective is to demonstrate that the space of the bar constitutes an inscription of pretext consciously developed by the author to translate this aesthetic outlet. Thus, the postulate is that the consummated story deviates while undermining the reader’s expectations and makes the work particular. The analysis, with an onomastic aim, makes it possible to elucidate the events and the behaviour of the characters based on the meaning of their place of manifestation or attachment, notably in L’Aîné des orphelins, Le Terroriste noir, Bled and Saharienne indigo. It emerges from the examination that the outlet dimension in the Monenembian story reveals itself as a new taste for youthful need and above all, a change of scriptural paradigm.
Author Keywords: bar, writing, aesthetic, outlet, onomastic.
Volume 47, Issue 1, November 2025, Pages 31–39
Yao Dicy Gnengba First1 and Baguissoga Satra2
1 Département de Lettres Modernes, Université de Kara, Togo
2 Département de Lettres Modernes, Université de Kara, Togo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2025 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This reflexion attempts to analyse how the notion of «bar» in the writing of Tierno Monénembo offers itself as the anchor of an aesthetic outlet. Like a pretext, the topos of the bar in his work illustrates the outlet of a counter-moral story. The objective is to demonstrate that the space of the bar constitutes an inscription of pretext consciously developed by the author to translate this aesthetic outlet. Thus, the postulate is that the consummated story deviates while undermining the reader’s expectations and makes the work particular. The analysis, with an onomastic aim, makes it possible to elucidate the events and the behaviour of the characters based on the meaning of their place of manifestation or attachment, notably in L’Aîné des orphelins, Le Terroriste noir, Bled and Saharienne indigo. It emerges from the examination that the outlet dimension in the Monenembian story reveals itself as a new taste for youthful need and above all, a change of scriptural paradigm.
Author Keywords: bar, writing, aesthetic, outlet, onomastic.
Abstract: (french)
La présente réflexion tente d’analyser comment la notion de « bar » dans l’écriture de Tierno Monénembo s’offre comme l’ancrage d’une esthétique exutoire. Tel un prétexte, le topos du bar dans son œuvre illustre le déversoir d’un récit contre-morale. L’objectif est de démontrer que l’espace du bar constitue une inscription de prétexte consciemment élaborée par l’auteur pour traduire cette esthétique exutoire. Ainsi, le postulat est que, le récit consommé dévie tout en battant en brèche l’attente du lecteur et particularise l’œuvre. L’analyse, à visée onomastique, permet d’élucider les évènements, les comportements des personnages à partir de la signification de leur lieu de manifestation ou d’attache, notamment dans L’Aîné des orphelins, Le Terroriste noir, Bled et Saharienne indigo. Il ressort de l’examen que la dimension exutoire dans le récit monénembien se révèle comme un goût nouveau au besoin juvénile et par-dessus tout, un changement de paradigme scriptural.
Author Keywords: bar, écriture, esthétique, exutoire, onomastique.
How to Cite this Article
Yao Dicy Gnengba First and Baguissoga Satra, “The bar: A pretext of an exultant aesthetic in the writing of Tierno Monénembo,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 31–39, November 2025.
