Écho des études romanes 2018, 14(1):113-127 | DOI: 10.32725/eer.2018.011
Pas de sortie facile. Immensités, intimités et intensités sibériennes chez Andreï MakineFrench
- Université Paris-Est/Université du Luxembourg
Mots clés: Sibérie; espace-palimpseste; anthropomorphisation de l'espace; lignes de fuite
No easy way out. Andreï Makine's Siberian immensities, intimacies and intensities
This paper focuses on the image and the role of the chronotope of Soviet Siberia in three of Makine's novels: Le testament français, Au temps du fleuve Amour and L'amour humain. It argues that while the endless landscapes, harsh winters and political prisons which marked Siberia are indeed depicted in these texts, other - and more significant - dimensions are added to it, such as its representation as a land of individual freedom and - thanks to the discovery of French movies and literature on its territory - of intellectual growth. Thus, this paper proposes a complex and non-Manichaean reading of Makine's Siberia, hypothesising that this immense territory ultimately functions as a hypertrophied uterus which symbolically gave birth not only to the writer, but also to the integrality of his literary output.
Keywords: Siberia; palimpsest-space; anthropomorphic space; lignes de fuite
Published: June 11, 2018 Show citation
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