Représentations de l’absence et du manque : de La Dispersion au Livre brisé de Serge Doubrovsky

• Authors: Nurit Levy

Title variants

EN

From The Dispersion to The Broken Book – representations of absence and lacking, by Serge Doubrovsky

• Languages of publication: FR

Abstracts

EN

Author and academic, Serge Doubrovsky is an important figure in contemporary French literature. His numerous publications foretell the emergence of a new literary concept, positioning him in the domain of post-modernism with the emergence of auto-fiction. From The Dispersion to The Broken Book, the auto-fiction unfolds in a jerky narrative while the genesis of the work revolves around a profound sense of lack and absence that the writer tries to fill through his writing. The experience of World War II left a life long indelible mark on the writer’s own identity and brings forth the creation of this hybrid autobiography that aims at tearing down ge-neric and literary boundaries. Letters and words are used to confront what is missing in his life in a transgressing style that describes the violence of this experience. In this way, Doubrovsky leaves a trace of his existence, transforming his life into a novel – a work of fiction – and by giving space to imagination when telling his own story.

Keywords

FR

autofiction; Shoah literature; testimony; memory; history

EN

autofiction; Shoah literature; testimony; memory; history

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II. Wydawnictwo Werset
• Journal: Quêtes littéraires
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 111-121

Dates

published

2011-12-30

Contributors

author

Nurit Levy

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/ql.4651