La place de Zamenga Batukezanga dans la littérature congolaise de langue française

Jean NSONSA VINDA

Zamenga Batukezanga’s place in French-language Congolese literature

Authors

Jean NSONSA VINDA Professeur Ordinaire Émérite, Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Département des Lettres et Civilisation Françaises, Université de Kinshasa Author

Keywords:

place, intellectual writers, writers for the masses, idiosyncrasy, bloating, alambiqué

Abstract

Initially shunned by academic critics who accused him of amateurism, the prolific writer Zamenga Batukezanga is now the best known and most widely read author in the Democratic Republic of Congo. By challenging that prejudice, this article aims to give him the place he deserves in French-language Congolese literature.