Temps du deuil, temps du récit. Le renversement du temps dans "La première année" de Jean-Michel Espitallier
Time of mourning, time of writing. The reversal of time in Jean-Michel Espitallier’s novel "La première année"

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to analyze the nature of time as identified in the narrative structure built by the French writer, Jean-Michel Espitallier, in his novel, "La première année". We are considering how the author perceives the relationship between time and mourning through the ability of literary space to provide a compensatory universe. We are looking to observe recent activity in French mourning literature through the lens of this particularly novel, namely its perspective on processing mourning and trauma. This paper also highlights a prominent feature of French mourning literature: how the narrator’s literary discourse is used to fight against the passing of time. The fight against time is an implicit denial of death and mourning.

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