Marie NDiaye : flou générique et réalisme magique
Marie NDiaye: Generic Blur and Magical Realism

Summary/Abstract: The notion of blur will be explored in a short story by Marie NDiaye, Autoportrait en vert, published by Mercure de France. Following the principle of the “Traits et portraits” collection, this book features self-portraits punctuated by illustrations that echo them, creating a subterranean narrative. The self-portrait thus initially presents a generic blurring. But the photos themselves are blurred, disrupting all spatial and temporal reference points. Similarly, the characters have floating identities. The aim is to understand the mechanism of the narrative and shed light on Marie Ndiaye’s literary project, often described as “magic realism”.

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