TheTransmission of Messages of Social Change Through Artistic andTheatrical Expression in Burkina Faso

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Résumé

Social transmissioncanbeseenasaprocessbywhichvaluesarepasseddownbyelders
to younger people in order to socialise the next generation. This new generation then
becomesresponsibleforpreservingtheirculturalheritage.Oneof theculturalpractices
that promotes social transmission is theatre. An age-old practice, theatre is a channel
that can encourage changes in behaviour in society. The aim of this study is to show
that the transmission of social values through theatrical practice and artistic expres
sion is specific and different from sociopolitical discourse and school didactics. The
study uses a mixed methodology, namely the sociocriticism of Claude Duchet for the
atre texts and the theatrical semiology of Louise Vigeant for theatrical performances,
to answerthequestion:Howdoplaysortheatricalperformancesconveymessagesthat
encouragepeaceandlivingtogetherharmoniously?Fromtheanalysis,itemergesthat,
indeed, artistic and theatrical expression transmits messages of social change.

Mots-clés

artistic expression– social change– socialisation– theatre– transmission