Le manque en tant que métaphore de l’écriture : de l’indicible et du mot-absence chez Marguerite Duras

• Authors: Anna Ledwina

Title variants

EN

Absence as a metaphor for writing – on the missing word and that which is inexpressible in the works of Marguerite Duras

• Languages of publication: FR

Abstracts

EN

Marguerite Duras’s works deal with the problems typical of the literary studies in the second half of the twentieth century: presence and absence, abandoning chronological order of events, and eroticism. This article analyses her literary technique, including text fragmentation and elliptical style. The author searches for appropriate means of expression, often using silence and loneliness in keeping with her vision of absence attributed to women, kept silent by the dominant culture. Omissions in the narrative emphasise the inexpressible, beyond rational. Absence is meaningful, e.g. the missing photograph in The Lover. Absence also implies a desire to change and to write. Duras shows the problem in the context of a hidden image and an act of creation. The missing word alludes to a search of self. The author grasps complexity and diversity of absence. It is part of the theme, style, and text structure, emphasising the limitations of the language and the powerlessness of the protagonist.

Keywords

FR

absence; fragmentation; elliptical style; silence; inexpressible

EN

absence; fragmentation; elliptical style; silence; inexpressible

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II. Wydawnictwo Werset
• Journal: Quêtes littéraires
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 73-86

Dates

published

2011-12-30

Contributors

author

Anna Ledwina

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/ql.4648