Representing the Subaltern: Analysis of the Silenced Discourse of Mariama Bâ and Rosalía de Castro in Two Similar Contexts of Phallocratic Domination

Abstract

This work focuses on the social and literary repercussions of the silent discourse of two women, Rosalía de Castro, emblematic writer of the Galician literary Renaissance in the 19th century, and Mariama Bâ, one of the pioneers of African women's literature. French-speaking, questioning polygamy in postcolonial Senegalese society. The two writers fight in a phallocratic context intended to ignore the indigenous social group and in particular the women, doubly colonized, domestic slaves serving colonization, responsible for transmitting the dominant discourse within families. From a comparative point of view and within postcolonial studies, we will deal with the marginalization to which others are subjected due to their dual status as women and subordinates.