Les réécritures de la figure de Moïse dès le XIXe siècle jusqu’à l’âge post-séculier
Rewritings of the Figure of Moses: From the 19th Century to the Post-Secular Age

Author(s): Piotr Sadkowski
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Moses; rewriting; post-secularity; openness; finitude; humanism
Summary/Abstract: The article offers an overview of approaches to the reinterpretations of the figure of Moses in French Francophone literature from the 19th century to the present. It explores the practices of rewriting the Bible, which serve to transgress the fundamentals of the monotheistic tradition, but at the same time to seek for alternative forms of spirituality characteristic of the “post-secular age” (Habermas). The concept of “post-secular literature” has been inspired by John McClure’s concept of “post-secular” fiction. The article throws into relief the aspects which transform the figure of Moses into a symbol of man’s condition in the post-secular era, i.e. the fracture of the self between immanence and transcendence, the struggle with the absurd of human finitude, and the uncertainty of identity exposed to migrations between cultures, religions, and languages.

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