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Primo Levi, quarante ans d'écriture de la honte. Du sentiment de honte du détenu à la honte métaphysique du rescapé

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Bertrand-Luthereau L.
Cahiers ERTA
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2017
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issue 11
231-246
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Shame is definitely a key notion in Primo Levi's work. In his last book, entitled The drowned and the saved, Primo Levi tries to analyze the difference between the shame he felt as a prisoner in Auschwitz, and another type of shame, which he experienced back in the free world. His attempt is way less clear than first meets the eye: it reveals the bitter struggle taking place in the depth of his identity, and leads to what could be called a destructive metaphysic of shame. This raises the question: how to read Primo Levi's masterpieces knowing they are infected by the “Auschwitz poison” which was lethal for the writer himself?
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