Bobineau, Julien
Congratulations on passing the viva voce on 28 February 2017.
Dissertation topic:
"Colonial discourses in comparison. The representation of Patrice Lumumba in Congolese poetry and Belgian drama."
Doctoral scholarship according to the
Bavarian Elite Promotion Act (1 May 2013 - 30 April 2015)
Contact address at the University of Würzburg:
Institute of Modern Languages and Literatures - Romance Studies
University of Würzburg
Am Hubland
97074 Würzburg
First supervisor: Prof. Dr Brigitte Burrichter
Second supervisor:
Prof. Dr Susanne Gehrmann (HU Berlin)
Class in the Graduate School: "Philosophy, Languages, Arts"
Doctorate in the Graduate School from WS 2012/2013.
Abstract:
Patrice Lumumba (1925 - 1961), the first Prime Minister of the independent Democratic Republic of Congo, was killed by Katangese soldiers in 1961 because Belgium feared a loss of power in the former colony. Belgium's involvement in this politically motivated murder was concealed until 1999, which is why there was no official investigation into the death for a long time. Lumumba was mainly remembered in cultural discourses. The completed doctoral thesis offers a well-founded literary analysis of the literary representation of Patrice Lumumba in francophone Belgian drama and in Congolese poetry in French. The work attempts to update and reposition postcolonial literary theory.
