Mohamed Leftah : le corps dans l’ordre poétique

The article proposes a reading of the body in the work of Moroccan novelist Mohamed Leftah (1946-2008). The reading is built around three axes: the body as a locus of signification, the corporeal imaginary as encoded in Leftah’s naturalism, and finally the status of the body within the contemporary...

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Main Author: Ziad Elmarsafy
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Pléiade (EA 7338) 2011-11-01
Series:Itinéraires
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/itineraires/1513
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description The article proposes a reading of the body in the work of Moroccan novelist Mohamed Leftah (1946-2008). The reading is built around three axes: the body as a locus of signification, the corporeal imaginary as encoded in Leftah’s naturalism, and finally the status of the body within the contemporary political framework. Through Leftah’s use of eros, violence and body art, and relying on the work of Peter Brooks, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari and Alfred Gell, the article makes a case for the sublation of the corporeal into the poetic as being an urgent political and ethical task.
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Mohamed Leftah : le corps dans l’ordre poétique
Itinéraires
Leftah
Morocco
tattoo
body in literature
erotic literature
title Mohamed Leftah : le corps dans l’ordre poétique
title_full Mohamed Leftah : le corps dans l’ordre poétique
title_fullStr Mohamed Leftah : le corps dans l’ordre poétique
title_full_unstemmed Mohamed Leftah : le corps dans l’ordre poétique
title_short Mohamed Leftah : le corps dans l’ordre poétique
title_sort mohamed leftah le corps dans l ordre poetique
topic Leftah
Morocco
tattoo
body in literature
erotic literature
url http://journals.openedition.org/itineraires/1513
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