TRANSPARENCE DU VISAGE ET IMAGES DE SOI. UNE MÉTAMORPHOSE AYMÉENNE: LA BELLE IMAGE
FACIAL TRANSPARENCY AND SELF-IMAGES. AN AYMEEN METAMORPHOSIS: THE BEAUTIFUL IMAGE
Author(s): Adriana ApostolSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, French Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Piteşti
Keywords: metamorphosis; search for identity; rereading; digital text;
Summary/Abstract: “Beautiful Image” (1941), Marcel Aymé’s novel, presents a beautiful metamorphosis: Raoul Cérusier, an ordinary man, discovers one normal day, when handing over his photography to a clerk of the Parisian administration, that his dull face has undergone a metamorphosis and has been replaced by a handsome and attractive one. The face transparency is not a mere metaphor, says the first-person narrator. This idea becomes a sort of leitmotif that guides the main character’s reflections on who he really is. This paper aims at analysing how this absurd adventure turns into a complex journey in search of one’s real identity.
Journal: LIMBA ȘI LITERATURA – REPERE IDENTITARE ÎN CONTEXT EUROPEAN
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 29
- Page Range: 118-130
- Page Count: 13
- Language: French