And If, at the Louvre, We Breathed a Ghost! Geocriticism of a Museum As a Space Cover Image

Et si, au Louvre, on respirait du fantôme ! Géocritique d’un espace muséal
And If, at the Louvre, We Breathed a Ghost! Geocriticism of a Museum As a Space

Author(s): Lamia Mecheri
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Photography, French Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: museum; ghost; art; geocriticism; literature; Louvre;

Summary/Abstract: The Ghosts of the Louvre by Enki Bilal embodies an exhibition of this artist which took place in this same place. The author offers an unusual visit to the museum: he has chosen works from which he brings up so many ghosts. The artist juxtaposed the ghosts and the photographs taken and built a biography for each protagonist. Using geocriticism, we will answer the following questions : how does the author take over the museum to build multiple and heterogeneous parallel worlds? How does the museum become both a place of terror and of admiration ?

  • Issue Year: 44/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 57-66
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: French