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Abstract

The autobiographic Leirisian writing is characterised by a continuous oscillation between the fascination with intimacy and the cultural appeal, between the lure of the concrete and the calling of the imaginary. The author tends to avoid a direct contact with the reality, withdrawing within the space of imaginary susbstitutes which, through their unrelity and symbolic force, manage to offer him the feeling of ontological security. The writing is clearly influenced by the encyclopedic mood of the autobiographer who prefers to examine and portray the reality through the deforming lens provided by the cultural references, by the world of performance, by the dream-like or mythical universe. The connections of the writer with the world and with his own being are indirect, and the truth about his own self is accessible, most often, by the mediation of myth or fiction. Childhood, the sacred history, the history of France, legends and myths all create a universe in which Leiris hopes to find shelter against time's passing and against his own anguish. Because the myth is the history of our own inwardness (Annick de Souzenelle), it is by means of the myth that the autobiographer will analyse his own ontological course. He tries to liberate himself from all complexes, drawing an inventory of the devouring myths which make him a prisoner of an illusive world. The myths of Oedip, Icar, the androgynous, Narcis, Don Juan, or Faust constitute the main stages undergone by the writer while searching for his own identity. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

Details

Title
MICHEL LEIRIS: DE LA QUÊTE DE SOI AU REFUGE DANS L'IMAGINAIRE/MICHEL LEIRIS: FROM THE SEARCH OF SELF TO THE REFUGE IN THE IMAGINATION
Author
Strungariu, Maricela
Pages
115-121
Section
ESEURI/ESSAYS
Publication year
2009
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Universitatea de Stat "Alecu Russo" din, Balti
ISSN
18574149
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Romany
ProQuest document ID
1010416507
Copyright
Copyright Universitatea de Stat "Alecu Russo" din Balti 2009