Faculté de Lettres, Traduction et Communication

Philixte (Centre de recherche. Études philologiques, littéraires et textuelles)

“My first years were devoted to the way in which the colonial past, whether Belgian or French, was transcribed in contemporary literary texts or graphic novels. Noting the distress my students were feeling in the face of the climate crisis, this year I created a literature course centered on this issue, which I felt was important to consider in a decentralized, non-Western way, by approaching a corpus of authors from Africa or of African origin. I'm convinced that socio-ecological transformations need to be accompanied by a change in mentalities, a change in our representations. With this in mind, I'm convinced that literature and the arts in general play a key role, both reflexive and ethical in nature, i.e. they are capable of modifying or influencing our thoughts, decision-making and actions, both individual and collective.”

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