HERMENEUTICS OF SUSPICION: A PSYCHOANALYTICAL EXAMINATION OF MASSA MAKAN DIABATE’S THE KOUTA LIEUTENANT

Abstract

Hermeneutics has its background from the interpretation of logos of the scripture in line with context and the culture of a particular people. Its presence in Literature is not equally far fetch from the interpretation of meaning. This owes to the veracity that the meaning of a word in a text is equally bound to be interpreted using the circumstances and situation that surround it. This is important as words work not in isolation even as the actions intended are bound to be expressed in word. In an attempt to examine the subconscious of a character besides what he does and says, his actions not spoken or acted become vital in judging him. This work applies a psychoanalytic theory in examining the hermeneutics of suspicion, hence words are self-referring.