Exercices de médiocrité : le Manuel de peinture et de calligraphie (1977) de José Saramago à travers le prisme de l’analyse transactionnelle
Exercises of Mediocrity: Saramago’s Manual of Painting and Calligraphy through the Prism of Transactional Analysis

Summary/Abstract: Albeit symptomatic of both Saramago’s writing style and philosophical outlook on life, his Manuel de peinture et de calligraphie (1977), which is the private diary of a fictional painter whose gradual process of getting to know himself changes his life for the better, has not gained critical attention until recent years. Our paper discusses the psychology of the narrator and aims to unveil the mechanisms at work in his initial state of evolution, mechanisms that make him lead a frustrating intimate and professional life. The text is explored through the prism of Eric Berne’s transactional analysis theory, and it pinpoints the character’s states of the Ego, his place in Stephan Karpman’s drama triangle, as well as various elements of his life script.

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