Genèse du conflit de genre: Réflexions critiques dans C'est le soleil qui m'a brûlée et Tu t'appelleras Tanga de Calixthe Beyala

Abstract

This paper examines the genesis of gender conflict in C'est le soleil qui m'a brulée and Tu t'appelleras Tanga of Calixthe Beyala. Driven by the impulsion of feminism, Beyala writes to bring to the fore the age-old conflict between man and woman. This antithetical situation resulting from biological differences between the two sexes is a potential source of perpetual conflict which serves as raw material for Beyala's literary texts. The study seeks to critically examine the sources and the nature of this conflict, as brought to the fore in the two narrative texts. In so doing, it points to the fact that, gender conflict emanating from patriarchal oppression is inimical to the rights of women. As it remains a potential threat to sustainable human development. The paper is posited within Carolyn Allen's (1978) feminist conceptual framework. It is informed by an analysis of textual data collected from the aforementioned narrative texts of Beyala.