Quand les Betes Parlaient aux Hommes: Contes Africains Suivi des Fables de La Fontaine Traduites en Créole Ivoirien

Title

en_US Quand les Betes Parlaient aux Hommes: Contes Africains Suivi des Fables de La Fontaine Traduites en Créole Ivoirien

Description

en_US Language note: French; Créole Ivoirien

en_US L. Anoma Kanié

Creator

en_US Anoma Kanié, L. See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T15:39:17Z

en_US 2014-11

en_US 1974

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:39:17Z

Date Issued

en_US 1974

Abstract

en_US Here are eighteen illustrated African folktales in French, followed by seven fables of La Fontaine in the Ivory Coast's French creole, without illustrations. I enjoyed the dialect on GA but found the translator missing what I think are La Fontaine's careful touches pointing the fable towards his own artistry as the cicada. Similarly, I miss La Fontaine's brusque moral announced at the very beginning of TH. Easiest of the folktales for me is Les Gendarmes (26), which seems very close to a fable. Each of the folktales is illustrated by a black-and-white full-page illustration. The artist is not acknowledged. Might it be Kanié himself? The book -- with a different cover -- is available these days on Amazon. At least five Big Ten libraries have this book.

Identifier

en_US 10401 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76385

Language

en_US cpf

Publisher

en_US Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines

en_US Abidjan

Subject

en_US PQ3989.2.K32 Q3 1974 See all items with this value

en_US Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole