Sadistic God: the function of the blasphemous image of God in Dolce Agonia by Nancy Huston Cover Image

Un Dieu sadique : le rôle de l’image blasphématoire de Dieu dans Dolce agonia de Nancy Huston
Sadistic God: the function of the blasphemous image of God in Dolce Agonia by Nancy Huston

Author(s): Izabela Front
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Instytut Filologii Romańskiej & Wydawnictwo Werset
Keywords: Nancy Huston; Dolce agonia; God; blasphemy; sacred

Summary/Abstract: The present article seeks to analyze the way in which the blasphemous figure of God in Dolce agonia by Nancy Huston let the author describe the sacred element in man’s life, seen as deprived of transcendental character. This is possible thanks to three text’s aspects conditioned by the God’s figure, which are: the contrast between passages marked by the cynical God’s voice and passages focused on man’s life filled with suffering ; the tone and time approach variations and, finally, the double character of God who, at the same time, is indifferent to man’s lot while touched by his capacity of love.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 160-166
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: French