L'ambivalence du corps dans quatre textes de Caroline Lamarche

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Supervisors

Piret, Pierre

Degree label

Master [120] en langues et lettres françaises et romanes, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée: sciences et métiers du livre (édition, librairie, bibliothèque)

Abstract

enThis thesis looks into the ambivalence of the female body as depicted in four texts written by the French-speaking Belgian author Caroline Lamarche : Night in the afternoon (1998), Karl et Lola (2007), La Chienne de Naha (2012) and Mira (2013). In the first part, we study the ordeal to which bodies are subjected whilst trapped in the midst of an unconventional or changing space-time in the first three writings mentioned. The second part is dedicated to the analysis of sexuality insofar as it affects the bodies of the protagonists of Night in the Afternoon, Karl and Lola, and Mira. The characters are in the grip of such a strong desire that it becomes the driving force of an experience of giving that the female bodies face. We study sexuality in the light of Georges Bataille's theory of eroticism. We look at the question of the limits involved in erotic activity. At last, we close the second part with considerations on animality and devenir-animal. The third and final part explores the melancholy that pervades all four texts. The change of scenery and dispossession the characters face makes us question the art of melancholic imagination in texts as well as the problem of liberty.