Doubling, Decay and Discontinuity: Pathology and the (post)human body in Marie Darrieussecq’s Notre vie dans les forêts
This article focuses on the portrayal of corporeal and textual embodiment in Marie Darrieussecq’s novel Notre vie dans les forêts (2017), a science fiction dystopia in which all bodily diseases have been cured by advancements in cloning technology. In so doing, it explores how the novel’s paradigm o...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Open Library of Humanities
2021-12-01
|
| Series: | Open Library of Humanities |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/4744/ |
| _version_ | 1818874853972770816 |
|---|---|
| author | Francoise Campbell |
| author_facet | Francoise Campbell |
| author_sort | Francoise Campbell |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This article focuses on the portrayal of corporeal and textual embodiment in Marie Darrieussecq’s novel Notre vie dans les forêts (2017), a science fiction dystopia in which all bodily diseases have been cured by advancements in cloning technology. In so doing, it explores how the novel’s paradigm of bodily enhancement questions both the physical limits of the human body and the ways in which corporeal changes redefine contemporary notions of subjectivity, life and death. Drawing on posthuman theory and critical theories of the body, the analysis begins with a reading of human doubling and the portrayal of cloning, before considering the text’s depiction of bodily decay and dissection as a decentering of Darrieussecq’s human subjects. The final section concludes with an exploration of textual discontinuity and its significance for the interpretation of this work. As such, this paper demonstrates how Notre vie dans les forêts encourages its readers to contemplate the innate pathologies of the human condition, allowing them to find new life in the forces of decay and disorder that connect all living subjects. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-19T13:17:12Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-b1f295a346a14268bd6eb3e855b525b0 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2056-6700 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-19T13:17:12Z |
| publishDate | 2021-12-01 |
| publisher | Open Library of Humanities |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Open Library of Humanities |
| spelling | doaj.art-b1f295a346a14268bd6eb3e855b525b02022-12-21T20:19:48ZengOpen Library of HumanitiesOpen Library of Humanities2056-67002021-12-017210.16995/olh.4744Doubling, Decay and Discontinuity: Pathology and the (post)human body in Marie Darrieussecq’s Notre vie dans les forêtsFrancoise Campbell0Institute of Modern Languages Research, University of LondonThis article focuses on the portrayal of corporeal and textual embodiment in Marie Darrieussecq’s novel Notre vie dans les forêts (2017), a science fiction dystopia in which all bodily diseases have been cured by advancements in cloning technology. In so doing, it explores how the novel’s paradigm of bodily enhancement questions both the physical limits of the human body and the ways in which corporeal changes redefine contemporary notions of subjectivity, life and death. Drawing on posthuman theory and critical theories of the body, the analysis begins with a reading of human doubling and the portrayal of cloning, before considering the text’s depiction of bodily decay and dissection as a decentering of Darrieussecq’s human subjects. The final section concludes with an exploration of textual discontinuity and its significance for the interpretation of this work. As such, this paper demonstrates how Notre vie dans les forêts encourages its readers to contemplate the innate pathologies of the human condition, allowing them to find new life in the forces of decay and disorder that connect all living subjects.https://olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/4744/DarrieussecqPathologyPosthumanismCloningSubjectivityBody |
| spellingShingle | Francoise Campbell Doubling, Decay and Discontinuity: Pathology and the (post)human body in Marie Darrieussecq’s Notre vie dans les forêts Open Library of Humanities Darrieussecq Pathology Posthumanism Cloning Subjectivity Body |
| title | Doubling, Decay and Discontinuity: Pathology and the (post)human body in Marie Darrieussecq’s Notre vie dans les forêts |
| title_full | Doubling, Decay and Discontinuity: Pathology and the (post)human body in Marie Darrieussecq’s Notre vie dans les forêts |
| title_fullStr | Doubling, Decay and Discontinuity: Pathology and the (post)human body in Marie Darrieussecq’s Notre vie dans les forêts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Doubling, Decay and Discontinuity: Pathology and the (post)human body in Marie Darrieussecq’s Notre vie dans les forêts |
| title_short | Doubling, Decay and Discontinuity: Pathology and the (post)human body in Marie Darrieussecq’s Notre vie dans les forêts |
| title_sort | doubling decay and discontinuity pathology and the post human body in marie darrieussecq s notre vie dans les forets |
| topic | Darrieussecq Pathology Posthumanism Cloning Subjectivity Body |
| url | https://olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/4744/ |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT francoisecampbell doublingdecayanddiscontinuitypathologyandtheposthumanbodyinmariedarrieussecqsnotreviedanslesforets |