Investitating the Everyday in Search of the Essential
L’art presque perdu de ne rien faire by Dany Laferrière Cover Image

Sonder le quotidien à la recherche de l’essentiel L’art presque perdu de ne rien faire de Dany Laferrière
Investitating the Everyday in Search of the Essential L’art presque perdu de ne rien faire by Dany Laferrière

Author(s): Valeria Liljesthröm
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Quotidian; insignificant; discourse analysis; commitment; L’art presque perdu de ne rien faire; Dany Laferrière;

Summary/Abstract: This article proposes a discursive analysis of the writing of the quotidian and the innocuous in L’art presque perdu de ne rien faire, by Dany Laferrière. By studying some examples, we will show that the author valorizes the gestures and the little things of everyday life, which, by their discretion, generally pass unperceived, or which, by habit, we no longer notice. We will demonstrate that, in this work still under researched, to paint seemingly insignificant gestures and to reflect on what seems trivial constitute forms of commitment.

  • Issue Year: 1/2018
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 112-121
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: French
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