REFLECTIONS AND SHADOWS OF THE IMAGE. THE QUEST FOR SELF IN MICHEL TOURNIER`s "THE GOLDEN DROPLET"
REFLECTIONS AND SHADOWS OF THE IMAGE. THE QUEST FOR SELF IN MICHEL TOURNIER`s " THE GOLDEN DROPLET"

Summary/Abstract: The novel “La Goutte d’or“(“The Golden Droplet”) by Michel Tournier deals with the multifarious reality of image and with the fascination it stirs in us, as well as with rediscovered concepts about alterity and the decline of image centeredness. They are all at stake in the novel, re-interpreted from the genuine initiation raised by the quest of the identity “stolen” by a photograph. Idriss goes through several stages, that enclose him like the walls of several Russian nesting dolls, the goal being to find himself and recompose himself, a gradual and turbulent action. All these stages of understanding, acquired through unique experiences, guide him through a labyrinth of lenses where the reflections and shadows of his image are the blind spots and the peak challenges of the quest for self. His blind spots are his human attachments. Photography becomes a leitmotif of the journey.

• Details
• Contents