Écho des études romanes 2022, 18(2):111-118 | DOI: 10.32725/eer.2022.015
Races et religions dans la poésie de Léopold Sédar SenghorFrench
- Professeur émérite, Université Paris-Est-Créteil
Mots clés: Léopold Sédar Senghor ; élégie ; la Bible, le Coran ; intertextualité ; Négritude
Races and religions in Léopold Sédar Senghor's poetry
The article examines intertextuality in the work of Léopold Sédar Senghor through an analysis of his poem “Elegy for the Queen of Sheba”. The text is part of at least two religious traditions that the poet revisits, one Judeo-Christian and the other Islamic, which present the Queen of Sheba differently, but which converge on the figure of her mythical interlocutor, the King Solomon. Our analysis will also focus on the contribution of other (African) languages and religions to this Senghor's poem.
Keywords: Léopold Sédar Senghor; elegy; the Bible, the Koran; intertextuality; Negritude
Accepted: November 28, 2022; Published: January 6, 2023 Show citation
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