La Honte par Annie Ernaux, une expérience de vie et d’écriture
Annie Ernaux’s Shame: a Life and a Writing Experience
Author(s): Nisrine MalliSubject(s): French Literature, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Sociology of Culture, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: modern sociology and literature; class conflicts; ethnological project; shame; hybrid identity;
Summary/Abstract: After briefly considering the relationship between literature and sociology, this article sets to explore various representations of shame in Annie Ernaux’s novel Shame. The class conflict is aggravated here by a personal option involving embarrassment and guilt, as the protagonist moves upwards in the society, breaking up with her working-class parents and her past.
Journal: Acta Iassyensia Comparationis
- Issue Year: 13/2014
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 37-48
- Page Count: 12
- Language: French