Des héros en quête du quotidien: Ça va aller de Catherine Mavrikakis et Document 1 de François Blais
Looking for Everyday Life: Catherine Mavrikakis’ Ça va aller and François Blais’ Document 1
Author(s): Hélène AmritSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Novel; everyday; humdrum life; ordinary; commonplace; Antigone; hero; Québec
Summary/Abstract: Catherine Mavrikakis’ Ça va aller and François Blais’ Document 1, though these novels describe ordinary life with the days passing, are not quiet streams where the reader peacefully makes its way. Paradoxically, they condemn what they are – humdrum narrations – exposing conventionalism, conformism and commonplace foolishness. Strengthened by their painful consciousness, their characters withstand. Yet, every stratagem leads to failure. Everyday life’s quest turns out being as fruitless as Graal’s Quest.
Journal: Romanica Silesiana
- Issue Year: 1/2018
- Issue No: 13
- Page Range: 81-90
- Page Count: 10
- Language: French