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« Je crois que, contrairement aux thérapeutes ou aux psychologues, les écrivains ne sont pas là pour nous conseiller ou nous guérir. »
“I think that, unlike therapists and psychologists, the writers are not meant to counsel or cure us.”

An Interview with Laurent Jenny

Author(s): Laurent Jenny, Mihaela-Genţiana Stănişor
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Novel
Published by: Classiques Garnier
Keywords: Esthétique;genre littéraire;autobiographie;poésie;photographie;Aesthetics;literary genre;autobiography;poetry;photography;

Summary/Abstract: L’écrivain et l’essayiste Laurent Jenny parle de la modernité littéraire, de la pertinence des genres littéraires, de l’autobiographie et l’autofiction, de l’esthétique contemporaine et de son dernier livre La Brûlure de l’image. L’imaginaire esthétique à l’âge photographique, paru aux éditions Mimésis. The writer Laurent Jenny speaks about the literary modernity, about the importance of literary genre, about autobiography and auto-fiction, about the contemporary aesthetics and about his latest book, The Burning of the Image. Aesthetic Imaginary in the Age of Photography.

  • Issue Year: 1/2020
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 177-183
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: French