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Rhétoriques du trauma: le souvenir et l’oubli dans "Le ciel de Bay City" de Catherine Mavrikakis
Pich-Ponce, Eva
2015-12-21
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e-ISSN
2283-6438
Abstract
Contemporary subjects must construct their own identities while inheriting and assimilating their ancestors’ past. The tragedies of the 20th Century have shown humanity what the end of the world could look like. Therefore, the heir lives permanently in a complex position, obsessed with the past and afraid of a future that may be characterised by ecologic and nuclear disasters. In her novels, Catherine Mavrikakis highlights the paradoxes that surround the notion of memory. Her characters are torn between remembrance as a duty towards past generations, and oblivion, which they find necessary to build their future. This study aims to analyse the importance of memory and trauma in Mavrikakis’ novel "Le Ciel de Bay City" (2008). It will particularly consider the dialectics between memory and oblivion, resentment and remorse, inheritance and survival.
Series
Prospero. Rivista di letterature e culture straniere
XX (2015)
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Eva Pich-Ponce, "Rhétoriques du trauma: le souvenir et l’oubli dans "Le ciel de Bay City" de Catherine Mavrikakis" in: "Prospero. Rivista di letterature e culture straniere 20 - Memoria senza perdono. Dinamiche, retoriche e paradossi nelle rappresentazioni letterarie del trauma", a cura di Marilena Parlati, Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2015, pp. 143-161
Languages
fr
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