Narration Features in the Novel “The Lover” by M. Duras
Abstract
Natalya S. Shurinova (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)
The article researches the alternation of the types of narrative from the first and third person in the autobiographical novel “The Lover” by M.Duras. Taking into account various effects associated with the author’s refusal of the autobiographical text from using the pronoun “I” in relation to himself, we demonstrate various semantic nuances of the novel by M. Duras. The study shows that the narration in the third person is connected with the visual reconstruction of the author’s portrait. In addition, it is a means of psychological exclusion. The author avoids direct self-identification with the character of the novel at the time of describing the key experiences, this accentuates the contradictory feelings, testifies to the unknowability of the past “I” and the impossibility of reconstructing personal history. In addition, the distance established by refusing the pronoun “I” makes selfknowledge dialogical: the author shows points of view reflecting her own image. The simultaneous use in the novel of the pronouns “je” and “elle” creates in the text a contradiction, pushing the boundaries of the “I”. The personal experience of the author turns out to be correlated with the experience of “other”, including the potential reader of the text.
Key words: Duras, “The Lover”, autofication, narrative strategy, selfportrait, trauma, multiple “I”.
DOI 10.23683/1995-0640-2018-1-31-37
References
Бланшо М. Неописуемое сообщество. М.: Московский философский фонд (МФФ), 1998. 78 с.
Дюрас М. Любовник // Дюрас М. Любовник. Летний вечер, половина одиннадцатого. Модерато кантабиле / пер. с фр. О. Захаровой. М.: Флюид Фрилай, 2007. С. 5–111.
Armel A. Marguerite Duras et l’autobiographie. Paris: Le Castor Astral, 1990. 172 p.
Bouthors-Paillar, C. Duras la métisse: métissage fantasmatique et linguistique dans l’oeuvre de Marguerite Duras. Genève: Librairie Droz, 2002. 248 p.
Denès D. Etude sur Marguerite Duras, L’Amant. Paris: Ellipses, 1997. 96 p.́
Iser W. Der Akt des Lesens: Theorie ästhetischer Wirkung. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1994. 358 p.
Lejeune Ph. Je est un autre: l’autobiographie, de la littérature aux médias. Paris: Seuil, 1980. 333 p.
Lejeune Ph. Le pacte autobiographique. Paris: Seuil, 1975. 381 p.
McGill R. The treacherous imagination: intimacy, ethics and autobiographical fiction. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2013. 208 p.
Miralaei А. A. S., Shokrian M. J. Le Je(u) autobiographique à travers la trilogie familiale de Duras // Recherches en langue et littérature françaises. Vol. 52, № 213. 2009. P. 67–80.
Soler Pérez A. «L’Amant» de Marguerite Duras ou l’image d’un univers aliénant // Estudios de lengua y literatura francesas. № 6. 1992. P. 107–128.
Van de Biezenbos L. Fantasmes maternelles dans l’oeuvre de Marguerite Duras: dialogue entre Duras et Freud. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1995. 214 p.
Viollet C. Autobiographie et disparition du «je»: Kindheitsmuster de Christa Wolf // Leçons d’écriture, ce que disent les manuscrits. Paris, Minard, 1985. P. 195– 206.
References
Blansho M. Neopisuyemoye soobshchestvo. M.: Moskovskiy filosofskiy fond (MFF), 1998. 78 p. (In Russian).
Dyuras M. Lyubovnik. M. Dyuras. Lyubovnik. Letniy vecher, polovina odinnadtsatogo. Moderato kantabile; per. s fr. O. Zakharovoy. M.: Flyuid Frilai, 2007. P. 5–111. (In Russian).
Armel A. Marguerite Duras et l’autobiographie. Paris: Le Castor Astral, 1990. 172 p.
Bouthors-Paillar, C. Duras la métisse: métissage fantasmatique et linguistique dans l’oeuvre de Marguerite Duras. Genève: Librairie Droz, 2002. 248 p.
Denès D. Etude sur Marguerite Duras, L’Amant. Paris: Ellipses, 1997. 96 p.́
Iser W. Der Akt des Lesens: Theorie ästhetischer Wirkung. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1994. 358 p.
Lejeune Ph. Je est un autre: l’autobiographie, de la littérature aux médias. Paris: Seuil, 1980. 333 p.
Lejeune Ph. Le pacte autobiographique. Paris: Seuil, 1975. 381 p.
McGill R. The treacherous imagination: intimacy, ethics and autobiographical fiction. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2013. 208 p.
Miralaei А. A. S., Shokrian M. J. Le Je(u) autobiographique à travers la trilogie familiale de Duras // Recherches en langue et littérature françaises. Vol. 52, № 213. 2009. P. 67–80.
Soler Pérez A. «L’Amant» de Marguerite Duras ou l’image d’un univers aliénant // Estudios de lengua y literatura francesas. № 6. 1992. P. 107–128.
Van de Biezenbos L. Fantasmes maternelles dans l’oeuvre de Marguerite Duras: dialogue entre Duras et Freud. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1995. 214 p.
Viollet C. Autobiographie et disparition du «je»: Kindheitsmuster de Christa Wolf // Leçons d’écriture, ce que disent les manuscrits. Paris, Minard, 1985. P. 195– 206.
Downloads
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
