Réécritures contemporaines autour de la notion identitaire : vers l’hypernarcissisme ?
Contemporary Rewriting of the Notion of Identity: Towards Hyper-Narcissism?

Summary/Abstract: Since Socrates famously stated “Know yourself”, the term identity has been redefined on multiple occasions and from different perspectives. The contemporary and postmodern era provides interesting nuances based on notions such as “dynamic rooting” (Maffesoli), “hominescence” (Michel Serres), or “personalization”, “desubstantialization”, and “hypernarcissism” (Lipovestky). In the light of a figure such as that of Narcissus, which emerges without taboos in the “era of emptiness”, I will address the notion of identity in the fictional work of two French authors, namely Sylvie Germain and Laurent Gaudé.

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