شعرية الفضاء في رواية الولد الأسد لكمارا لاي

Abstract EN

The present study is based on a methodological approach applied to Camara Laye's novel “The dark child”, uncovering the literary elements in this African narrative text.

In this novel, the author is treating space not as a simple geography, but a carrier of psychological, social and ideological meaning, and using the linguistic tool essential for creating a work of art and making it more beautiful.

Based on this conception, the space in Camara Laye's novel “The dark child”, takes many dimensions: psychological, social, cultural, according to a particular poetics, making the author able to give a full conception of the African childhood suffering fragmentation and alienation.