Le secret de famille dans Non-dits et Mentir vrai de Gisèle Fournier
2019 ◽
Vol 54
(1)
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pp. 47-65
Abstract This article focuses on the theme of the family secret as literary genre, motif, and structure in the work of the contemporary French author Gisèle Fournier. Following a triaxle scheme, the article analyzes the particular polyphonic writing of the secret and the unspeakable, and explores the long psychological process of the victims as depicted in Fournier’s writings. In addition, the study situates Fournier’s oeuvre in the same tradition as two of the most prominent contemporary French authors, Marie NDiaye and Laurent Mauvignier.