The Conceptualisation of Time and its Relation to the Scriptural Representation of the Child in the African Culture

Abstract

The reflection on the general concept of time in African literature is never sketched in isolation for literary works focus on character description enunciation and spacing. The issue of timing is particularly valorised. Linked directly to the linguistic theory, the essential argument of this priority consists in showing that literature, as compared to other forms of arts, painting for instance, needs language as a means of expression. This language is essentially a set of words that combine together to produce a continuous chain covering a particular span of time- therefore, any literary work should get its specificity within a continuous linear narrative in order to guarantee harmony with its means of expression-