Crise économique et drame humain dans "Article 353 du code pénal" de Tanguy Viel
Economic Crisis and Human Drama in "Article 353 du code pénal" by Tanguy Viel

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the methods of literary engagement with the crisis in “Article 353 du code penal”, the most realistic novel by Tanguy Viel. Drawing on selected theories of the crisis, it analyses the way in which the author speaks of the human drama engendered by the economic recession and the pathological phenomena linked to it. It also highlights the didactic dimension of the text, which consists in denouncing of the strategies of financial scams, based on a perfect knowledge of the psychological mechanisms that are activated in an individual in critical situations. The aim of the article is to demonstrate that in “Article 353 du code penal” Viel seeks to shed light on the fact that the existential crisis triggered by loss or abuse of trust suffered in life and the feeling of powerlessness in the face of destiny is an even more difficult ordeal, overwhelming and devastating if it strikes a vulnerable individual who lacks the psychological strength to recover.

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