Site and places of memory in contemporary French literature: "L’Occupation des sols" by Jean Echenoz et "L’Embardée ou Les Quartiers d’hiver" y Jean-Paul Goux
Abstract
The long-standing inquiry into the literary parameters space/time takes place today on the edge of anthropological thinking. Our approach in this essay will explain such intersection in two contemporary works: a short story by Echenoz, L’Occupation des sols (1988), and a novel by Goux (2005) entitled L’Embardée ou les quartiers d’hiver. Following a tripartite perspective, we will observe the need for sons to preserve the bonds with their ancestors, in the form of personal memorials. We will see then that the characters express a relationship between territory and emotions. Finally we will focus on the apprehension of the mythical and historical city, a fantastic and elusive place, a palimpsest always renewed, the romantic city par excellence: Paris
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