The writer's valise

variations on the theme of reading in Dany Laferrière's L'énigme du retour

Authors

  • Henrique Provinzano Amaral Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-1124.v0i22p102-118

Keywords:

Dany Laferrière, literary lecture, haitian literature, posture

Abstract

This article concerns the prize winner Caribbean writer Dany Laferrière and his novel L’Énigme du retour. Showing up throughout the novel’s narrative, the valise as an image represents at the same time the idea of heritage and a repository of fundamental literary works. Therefore, the narrator’s patch goes from universal classics to the most contemporary Caribbean Literature. Finally, thanks to a concept such as “posture” (Jérôme Meizoz, 2007), this work intends to explore in this novel the multiple variations on the theme of reading.

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Author Biography

  • Henrique Provinzano Amaral, Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas

    Departamento de Letras Modernas da USP, Área de Estudos Linguísticos, Literários e Tradutológicos em Francês.

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Published

2018-12-22

Issue

No. 22 (2018): O Atlântico Sul na Literatura: Fluxo e Refluxo

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Amaral, H. P. (2018). The writer’s valise: variations on the theme of reading in Dany Laferrière’s L’énigme du retour. Revista Criação & Crítica, 22, 102-118. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-1124.v0i22p102-118