Encre sympathique et Chevreuse de Patrick Modiano ou la lenteur de la mémoire
Encre sympathique and Chevreuse by Patrick Modiano or the slowness of memory

Author(s): Elena-Brândușa Steiciuc
Subject(s): Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Junimea
Keywords: Patrick Modiano; memory; identity; thriller; photo; writing activity;
Summary/Abstract: The two latest novels signed by Patrick Modiano, published în 2019 and 2021 - Encre sympathique and Chevreuse – are built around well-known themes and obsessions of the author: memory/forgetfulness; identity search; teenagers running away, as they don’t have support in life; writing; the photographic art; long flâneries in the urban space, either Parisian or Roman. In these two cases as well, the author uses the thriller formula, which is in fact a pretext which opens the narration. Our aim is to point out how much memory (which is often slow and imperfect) is important in the work of the winner of the Nobel Prize (2014). We also intend to show the way in which, in a very specific manner, writing is connected to identity search (both linguistic and cultural).

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