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Andre Gide Dans Le Labrynthe de la Mythotextualite
Contributor(s): Genova, Pamela Antonia (Author)
ISBN: 155753067X     ISBN-13: 9781557530677
Publisher: Purdue University Press
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Product Type: Hardcover
Language: French
Published: June 1995
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | European - French
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
- History
Dewey: 848.912
LCCN: 95003684
Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.10 lbs) 212 pages
 
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Le mythe a toujours tenu une place privil gi e dans l'oeuvre d'Andr Gide. En d pit de sa formation protestante, ou peut- tre justement cause d'elle, Gide revient constamment aux figures h ro ques e l'Antiquit pout animer ses pr occupations esth tiques et morales.

A travers l' tude de quatre textes indicatifs du corpus mythologique de l'auteur--Le Trait du Narcisse, Le Prom th e mal enchaine, OEdipe et Th s e--ce livre examine la fa on dont le discours gidien, encadre par un r f rent ancien, arrive s'affirmer et se d finir dans toute sa modernit . La question est de savoir comment Gide reformule, transforme, et m tamorphose la mati re mythique pour en tirer un nouveau sens, pour y ajouter sa propre voix.

Pour r pondre cette question, Genova labore la notion de "mythotextualit ," un principe th orique qui comprend deux l ments principaux: La mythologie et l'intertextualit . La mythotextualit est un domaine d'activit textuelle travers lequel l' crivain entreprend une r criture cr atrice et ludique des r cits mythologiques.

Genova d montre que Gide utilise des figures intertextuelles telles que le d placement, l'ench ssement, la notion du double et la mise en abyme, et aussi qu'il d veloppe dans chacun de ces quatre textes un discours personnel ou il traite d'un probl me intime qu'il a essay de r soudre toute sa vie. Les r cits mythologiques de Gide se nourrissent d'une contradiction fondamentale, un va-et-vient entre une sensualit d vorante et une moralit tyrannique, entre la jouissance et l'asc tisme, enfin entre le paganisme et le christianisme. Cela constitue la "probl matique gidienne." A travers une manipulation progressivement plus d velopp e des proc d s textuels modernistes, Gide perfectionne sone discours conflit secret de plus en plus de libert .

In the work of the French writer Andr Gide, ancient Greek mythology plays an extraordinarily decisive role. In spite of his Protestant formation, or perhaps precisely because of it, Gide returned often to the heroic figures of antiquity to animate his aesthetic and moral ideas. Through the study of four important texts constructed around mythological figures - Le Trait du Narcisse, Le Prom th e mal encha n , OEdipe and Th s e - Pamela Genova explores the ways in which the Gidean discourse, framed within an ancient referent, succeeded at affirming itself and defining itself in all its original modernity.

This study poses the question of how Gide reformulated, transformed, and metamorphosized mythic material to draw out new meaning and to add to his own voice. To examine and appreciate Gide's mythic work, Genova elaborates the notion of "mythotextuality," and intertextuality. Mythotextuality is a realm of textual activity in which the writer constructs a personalized rewriting of ancient mythic narratives. Genova demonstrates how Gide used myth to explore a private dilemma that he struggled to resolve throughout his life. Through a progressively more developed manipulation of modern textual processes, Gide perfected his mythotextual discourse while he allowed his inner conflict more and more freedom. Written in French, this study is recommended for students and scholars of French and comparative literature.



Contributor Bio(s): Genova, Pamela Antonia: - Pamela Antonia Genova, has published works on studies in surrealism, modernism, André Gide, decadence, the figure of the dandy, and the influence of Japanese aesthetics in Decadent poetics.