Mongo Beti’s Mission to Kala (1957) : A Cultural and Psychological Interpretation
Loading...
Date
2022
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Mouloud Mammeri University OF Tizi-Ouzou
Abstract
This research paper studies the aspects of cultural and psychological interpretation in
Mongo Beti‟s Mission to Kala (1957). To achieve our goal, we have relied on Raymond
Williams‟s theory of cultural Materialism developed in his book The Long Revolution
(1961). Our work is made up of two chapters. In the first chapter, we have studied the
notions of Dominant, Residual and Emergent in cultures to determinate the important
features which highlight the cultural process in society. In the second chapter, we have
analyzed Individuals within society who are represented as The Subject, The Rebel and
The Exile to understand culture as a source of individual wholeness and authenticity of
community. The main concern of this dissertation is a cultural study. It aims at explaining
the different types and characteristics of culture in society and the classification of
individuals in society. At the end we have attained a conclusion, that Mission to Kala
reveals the tensions of modernity and tradition. Like almost all the African authors of his
generation, Mongo Beti had to reconcile his inherited African background and his Western
education in his novel for the purpose of describing the real cultural process which is
producing individuals‟ evolution
Description
61p. ; 30cm.+(cd)
Keywords
Colonialism, Western Education, Patriarchy, Traditions and Customs, Folklore, Orality, Domination, Exile, Self- Fulfillment
Citation
Literature and Interdisciplinary Approaches