article de périodique

Analyzing Ghanaian emotions through narrative : A textual analysis of Ama Ata Aidoo's novel changes Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Journal of Black Psychology

Vol. 33, n°1

Dzokoto, Vivian

Adams, Glenn

19

2007

94-112

Psycholinguistique Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Lexicographie Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Langage et émotions Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

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1552-4558

Contemporary African emotional expression is a cultural artifact that has encoded within it the story of colonial and postcolonial history. Through an analysis of Ama Ata Aidoo’s award-winning novel Changes, this article explores how emotions are expressed in contemporary Ghanaian literature. From literal translations of indigenous languages and culturally specific nonverbal communication to Western expressions and locally created neologisms, the contemporary Ghanaian text Changes offers a glimpse into the unique world of Ghanaian emotions—a world that is an interesting mix of the indigenous, Westernization, and time.