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D’un Michel l’autre : immoralisme, tourisme sexuel et irresponsabilité
From one Michel to another: immorality, sexual tourism, and irresponsibility

Author(s): Louis Bousquet
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: tourism; hedonism; commodification; André Gide; Michel Houellebecq

Summary/Abstract: Two novels written exactly 99 years apart start the 20th and 21st centuries. The Immoralist by André Gide and Plateform by Michel Houellebecq, tell hedonistic tales of the modern tourist. This work will analyze the circumstances and the limits of this individualistic and corrupted pursuit in the novels. We will question, alongside Phillipe Muray, the nature and pitfalls of such a global project and its eventual moral cost.

  • Issue Year: 69/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 197-206
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: French