Feelings in Kétala by Fatou Diome

This work is by no means an exhaustive study. I have only attempted to open up Fatou Diome's text "Kétala" in order to appreciate its flavor through formal aspects and the study of its internal workings as an arrangement of structures. Kétala is no longer seen as a simple narrative exposition, but as having a translinguistic dimension that considers the text as a literary object.This book offers a series of theoretical clarifications on the sign, semiotics, semiology and space, in the form of syntheses, each accompanied by examples of the personified objects: the plate, the handkerchief, the pillow and the sofa. It also offers definitions, explanations and interpretations to enable us to question the legibility that makes the voice of objects a Work.This book proposes a dual structural and semiological analysis to identify the main themes, recurring ideas and motifs in Mémoria's universe through the voices of her objects: the mask, the pearl necklace, the Bethio, the watch, the light fixture, the sofa and the statuette, they endow expression with exceptional intensity.

Pages: 64, Paperback, Our Knowledge Publishing