{"id":1807,"date":"2022-01-12T08:53:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T08:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/particip-action.com\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2025-05-12T08:56:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:56:54","slug":"revisiting-racial-lexis-in-peter-abrahams-tell-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/particip-action.com\/?p=1807","title":{"rendered":"REVISITING RACIAL LEXIS IN PETER ABRAHAMS\u2019 TELL FREEDOM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Abstract<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">This article intends to show how the racial discourse has exacerbated tension in an already hostile environment in South Africa. It proceeds from the assumption that language is a very important communication tool in human society because of its double potentiality to build or destroy social cohesion. Human beings have made use of it in different contexts, either rightly or wrongly. Unfortunately, it is often used to intensify crises, throwing society in disarray. A literary exploration of Peter Abrahams\u2019 autobiographical novel, Tell Freedom may be very enlightening. The autobiography is permeated with words that unveil a pejorative connotation. White people use words to belittle black people. Thus, through its use, language contributes to exacerbating antagonism in society. If individuals controls what they say, there could be understanding in society. Through a psychoanalytical approach, the analysis brings to light the racial lexicon that reveals the clear desire for Western supremacy.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Keywords: lexis-context-crisis-belittle-antagonism<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">R\u00e9sum\u00e9<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Le pr\u00e9sent article se propose de montrer comment le discours racial a exacerb\u00e9 les tensions dans un environnement d\u00e9j\u00e0 hostile en Afrique du Sud. Il part de l\u2019hypoth\u00e8se que la langue est, de par sa double potentialit\u00e9 \u00e0 construire ou \u00e0 d\u00e9truire la coh\u00e9sion sociale, un outil de communication tr\u00e8s important dans la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 humaine. Les hommes l\u2019ont utilis\u00e9 dans diff\u00e9rents contextes, soit en bien ou mal. Malheureusement, elle est souvent utilis\u00e9e pour intensifier les crises, jetant la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 dans le d\u00e9sarroi. L\u2019exploration litt\u00e9raire de l\u2019\u0153uvre autobiographique Tell Freedom de Peter Abrahams nous en donne une \u00e9difiante illustration. L\u2019autobiographie est inond\u00e9e de mots ayant une connotation p\u00e9jorative. Les blancs emploient des vocables pour rabaisser les noirs. Ainsi, par son usage le langage contribue-t-il \u00e0 exacerber les antagonismes dans la soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Si les individus contr\u00f4lent leurs propos, il pourrait y avoir une entente dans la soci\u00e9t\u00e9. A travers l\u2019approche psychanalytique, l\u2019analyse met en lumi\u00e8re les mots du racisme qui traduisent la supr\u00e9matie de l\u2019occident.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Mots-cl\u00e9s : lexique-contexte-crise-rabaisser-antagonisme<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract This article intends to show how the racial discourse has exacerbated tension in an already hostile environment in South Africa. It proceeds from the assumption that language is a very important communication tool in human society because of its double potentiality to build or destroy social cohesion. 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