L'imaginaire de la fenêtre: la nécessité d'une vue sur la mer chez Tanguy Viel
The imaginary of the window: the need to have a sea view according to Tanguy Viel

Summary/Abstract: The window at Tanguy Viel does not acquire the status of observation point, where one leans to see and know the world. This literary representation of the window that has been essentially present in the literature as soon as the window, as an architectural element, has become transparent, is substituted in the literary production of Viel by a window that opens towards a half space or completely covered with water. However, it does not serve to make an inventory of what lies beyond, most often, it is the reader to imagine the content of this view that seduces the character. The image of a closed window that does not open necessarily, a still window overlooking the roadstead, and even further, on a frightening void filled with water, tells us of an anguish felt by the character, a life burdened by stagnation. We will agree from the outset that the window, in its literary representation, has multiple functions. In its fully glazed form, it acquires the function of separation, allows the passage of the gaze, illuminates the spaces, and implies a notion of power, control, freedom and wealth.

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