Echoes and Mirror Games around the Dictatorial Figure in Kourouma and Fanny-Cissé

Abstract

Eighteen years separate En attendant le vote des bêtes sauvages (1998), a novel by Ahmadou Kourouma, from Madame la Présidente (2016), written by Fatou Fanny-Cissé. The authors start from the hypothesis that Cissé found in Kourouma a great inspiration that helped him to outline a fierce critique of both political corruption and dictators through the creation of the female character Fitina. In terms of methodology, the authors will establish a comparative study between the two novels, which share a common objective, that of criticising the debasement of the political class in Côte d?Ivoire. The analysis will be based on the work of Gnaoulé-Oupoh (2000), Gbadoua Uetto (2013) and Kouassi (2020).