THE POETICS OF RECONCILIATION IN FRENCH LITERARY WORK OF THE 20TH CENTURY. FROM MARIE NOËL TO SYLVIE GERMAIN
THE POETICS OF RECONCILIATION IN FRENCH LITERARY WORK OF THE 20TH CENTURY. FROM MARIE NOËL TO SYLVIE GERMAIN

Author(s): Václava Bakešová
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: The theme of spirituality in French literature; Mysticism of everyday life; Spiritual struggle; Poetics of reconciliation; Marie Noël; Sylvie Germain;
Summary/Abstract: Because of the Holocaust, World War II is the focal point for capturing spiritual experience in the 20th-century literature. How did the transformation of French spiritual literature from the poet Marie Noël in the 1st half of the century to the novelist Sylvie Germain at its end come about? Using examples from their work, this paper shows both authors’ sources of inspiration and highlights the means of expressing spirituality of a person going through an inner struggle. Although the authors describe a dark night, both of them they have a desire to overcome it, to reconcile with God, with the world and with themselves.

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