S’inventer à partir de l’autre : Les Origines d’Amin Maalouf

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  • The present article examines the narrative modes in which Lebanese author Amin Maalouf investigates his roots in Origines a hybrid work which stands in contrast with his previous essays and fictions as to its (auto)biographical dimension. Resembling what Dominique Viart and Bruno Vercier in their analysis of predominant themes and narrative strategies in contemporary French literature name «récit de filiation», Maalouf’s quest for his familial past explores the concept of intergenerational transmission of memory. However, despite thisThe present article examines the narrative modes in which Lebanese author Amin Maalouf investigates his roots in Origines a hybrid work which stands in contrast with his previous essays and fictions as to its (auto)biographical dimension. Resembling what Dominique Viart and Bruno Vercier in their analysis of predominant themes and narrative strategies in contemporary French literature name «récit de filiation», Maalouf’s quest for his familial past explores the concept of intergenerational transmission of memory. However, despite this individual postmemorial approach, Maalouf’s intimate writing is intrinsically linked with the complex history of the Ottoman Empire and therefore with collective narratives of war, diasporic identities, and migration relating to the present time or the recent past.show moreshow less

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Author: Melanie Koch-Fröhlich
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-244268
Document Type:Journal article
Faculties:Philosophische Fakultät (Histor., philolog., Kultur- und geograph. Wissensch.) / Neuphilologisches Institut - Moderne Fremdsprachen
Language:French
Parent Title (German):promptus - Würzburger Beiträge zur Romanistik
Year of Completion:2020
Volume:6
Pagenumber:69-84
Source:promptus 6 (2020), S. 69-84
Dewey Decimal Classification:8 Literatur / 84 Französische und verwandte Literaturen / 840 Literaturen romanischer Sprachen; Französische Literatur
Tag:(auto)biographical writing; Ottoman Empire; memory; migration; nomadic identities
Release Date:2021/09/06
Collections:Zeitschriften (Journals) / promptus - Würzburger Beiträge zur Romanistik / Band 6 / Artikel / articles
Licence (German):License LogoCC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International