INTERPRÉTATIONS DE LA PRÉSENCE DU FANTOME DU PÈRE DANS LE ROMAN ULYSSE FROM BAGDAD D’ÉRIC-EMMANUEL SCHMITT
INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PRESENCE OF THE FATHER’S GHOST IN THE NOVEL ULYSSE FROM BAGDAD BY ÉRIC-EMMANUEL SCHMITT

Summary/Abstract: Interpretations of the Presence of the Father’s Ghost in the Novel Ulysse from Bagdad by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. By analyzing the shock caused by the death of a loved one, psychologists and psychiatrists have noticed the tendency among those who suffer to refuse to accept the loss, which often leads to the emergence of visions embodying the recently deceased person. Thus, grieving individuals continue to maintain contact with their departed loved ones through these supernatural images that represent them, which they not only see but also hear and actively interact with. This phenomenon of the reappearance of the dead in the form of ghosts is also represented in literature, being one of the key elements of the novel Ulysse from Bagdad by the Franco-Belgian author Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. In this novel, young Iraqi Saad loses his father, who is shot by Americans in Iraq, but he does not sever the connection with him; instead, he continues to converse with his ghost. The father’s ghost becomes his travel companion, offering him advice and even serving as an alter ego for both Saad and the reader.

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