« Le Horla » de Guy de Maupassant - entre réalité, pathologie et métaphysique des seuils
"Le Horla" de Guy de Maupassant - between reality, pathology and metaphysics of thresholds

Author(s): Ana-Elena Costandache
Subject(s): Cultural history, Metaphysics, French Literature, Cultural Essay, Philology
Published by: Editura Junimea
Keywords: fantastic; reality; threshold(s); sense; identity; imaginary;
Summary/Abstract: Novel with biographical echoes, "Le Horla" by Guy de Maupassant join the series of fantasy stories that explore the human dyad, or the double of the individual. Made in the form of a (fake) private diary that involves both author and reader, the novel develops an approach that pendulum between several “realities” through questions of identity. Lost between reality and dream, reason and madness, logical and fantastic, the character-narrator offers the reader the possibility of deciding, for himself, whether the reveals events could be considered as rational or whether they cross the threshold of the supernatural. Consequently, we offer a fine analysis of this dramatic ambiguity which is maintained by the distinct points of view of the author and the narrator.

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