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2012 | 39 | 1 | 69-79

Article title

Le récit biographique face à la grande Histoire : « Les éblouissements » de Pierre Mertens

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Content

Title variants

EN
Biographical narrative in relation to Great History : Les éblouissements by Pierre Mertens

Languages of publication

FR

Abstracts

EN
Pierre Mertens’ novel Les éblouissements, published in 1987, is a fictionalised biography of a famous German poet Gottfried Benn, who made the biggest mistake of his life agreeing to support the National Socialist regime during several months. Mertens reconstructs the poet’s life trying to understand the reasons of his commitment, considered by the intellectuals of that time to be a betrayal. Mertens’ text is an illustration of the relationship between the individual and the historical past and, at the same time, an example of problemising the biographical factor in relation to Great History. Playing with the double signification of the word ‘éblouissement’, the novelist offers his own interpretation of the German poet’s double life.

Year

Volume

39

Issue

1

Pages

69-79

Physical description

Dates

published
2012-01-01

Contributors

author
  • Uniwersité Adam Mickiewicz, Poznań

References

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  • Mertens, P. (1998). Les éblouissements, Paris : Seuil, coll. « Points ».
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  • Viart, D. (2009). « Nouveaux modèles de représentation de l’histoire en littérature contemporaine » in D. Viart (dir.), Écritures contemporaines 10, Nouvelles écritures littéraires de l’Histoire, Caen : Lettres modernes Minard.

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Publication order reference

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