The second-person narration in the writing of malaise. The comparative analysis of A Man Asleep and L’Inconsolable (Part Two) Cover Image

Le récit à la deuxième personne dans l’écriture du malaise. Analyse comparative d’Un homme qui dort de Georges Perec et de L’Inconsolable d’Anne Godard (IIe partie)
The second-person narration in the writing of malaise. The comparative analysis of A Man Asleep and L’Inconsolable (Part Two)

Author(s): Martyna Zapolnik
Subject(s): French Literature, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Art, History of Art, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: second‐person narration; Georges Perec; Anne Godard; malaise; suspension;

Summary/Abstract: Suspension between life and death is not the only one that heroes of Georges Perec and Anne Godard, accompanied by a reader, have to undergo. The grammatical second person applied in order to represent the characters implies actually a particular plurality of voices which creates in a paradoxical way these two silent heroes. Moreover, devoid of anchor point unlike other grammatical persons, it makes them constantly suspended in time and space. Therethrough, A Man Asleep and L’Inconsolable cannot be treated just like rewritings of common myths: they represent a new quality in the history of literature, very dynamic and rich in interpretations.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 35-52
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: French
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