Ambiguous Adventure (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Cheikh Hamidou Kane
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Work: Philosophical realism
- Time of Work: The early 1920’s to the late 1930’s
- Setting: A Peul village and an unnamed town dominated by the French in Senegal, and Paris
- Principal Characters: Samba Diallo, Thierno, The Knight, The chief of the Diallobe, The Most Royal Lady, The Fool, Paul Lacroix, Paul Martial, Lucienne Martial
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Tradition, Twentieth century, Islam, Education or educators, Paris, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Koran
- Locales: Paris, France, Senegal
The Novel
Written in the third person but from the protagonist’s point of view, Ambiguous Adventure traces the education of Samba Diallo from the traditional Islamic practice of reciting the Koran in Senegal to advanced studies of philosophy in Paris. Difficult in French or English, the novel consists primarily of dialogue in which various characters espouse and debate distinctive philosophical values. Rather than merely recalling the chronology of an autobiographical journey into Western higher education, Cheikh Hamidou Kane immerses the reader in the complex...
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