L’imaginaire de la greffe. Reparer Les Vivants de Maylis de Kerangal, Mygale de Thierry Jonquet, La Piel Que Habito de Pedro Almodovar
The imagery of the transplant. Reparer Les Vivants by Maylis by Kerangal, Mygale by Thierry Jonquet, La Piel Que Habito by Pedro Almodovar

Summary/Abstract: For occidental cultures, scientific medicine has become, socially and symbolically, famous and renowned. The discipline may be founded on rationality; it also embodies a strong mythical dimension, extensively seen in publicity, literature and arts. According to us, the attention given to technical and scientific (technoscientific) imaginary is one of the major trends characterizing occidental culture. In particular, the transformations to the human body, made easy by consistently evolving techniques, are widely represented by contemporary literature. Nevertheless, these modern representations of medical (surgical) operations refer to cultural and mythical legacy. In this paper, we aim at identifying a part of this imaginary. We will study transplant and skin graft, subject of Réparer les vivants by Maylis de Kerangal (2014) as well as Mygale by Thierry Jonquet (1995) and its screen adaptation by Pedro Almodovar, La Piel que habito (2011).

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