Du limen marin dans l’écriture de Jean Lods

Published between 1973 and 1994, the novels of Jean Lods elaborate a rich, complex representation of the sea element. The imaginary sea they depict is a subtle combination of the North Sea and the Indian Ocean. Opposed geographically, these two liquid immensities do not generate a binary North/South...

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Main Author: Annick Gendre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Portugaise d'Etudes Françaises 2009-01-01
Series:Carnets
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/carnets/2918
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description Published between 1973 and 1994, the novels of Jean Lods elaborate a rich, complex representation of the sea element. The imaginary sea they depict is a subtle combination of the North Sea and the Indian Ocean. Opposed geographically, these two liquid immensities do not generate a binary North/South dialectics, but they have a significant role in the partition and in the score of the fictional space. Among all of the ambivalences related to the sea, we focused on the one combining orality and the genesic power, which both triggers off this partition, sometimes this score, and allows us to understand better the significance of the representation of the sea not only in the stories, but also in the author’s writing.
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spelling doaj.art-d9b5d37f7801424596fbb8f4eeb645752022-12-21T23:42:37ZengAssociation Portugaise d'Etudes FrançaisesCarnets1646-76982009-01-0119111610.4000/carnets.2918Du limen marin dans l’écriture de Jean LodsAnnick GendrePublished between 1973 and 1994, the novels of Jean Lods elaborate a rich, complex representation of the sea element. The imaginary sea they depict is a subtle combination of the North Sea and the Indian Ocean. Opposed geographically, these two liquid immensities do not generate a binary North/South dialectics, but they have a significant role in the partition and in the score of the fictional space. Among all of the ambivalences related to the sea, we focused on the one combining orality and the genesic power, which both triggers off this partition, sometimes this score, and allows us to understand better the significance of the representation of the sea not only in the stories, but also in the author’s writing.http://journals.openedition.org/carnets/2918Sea limenThe North SeaIndian OceanSpatialityTextual referentialityLiterary space
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Du limen marin dans l’écriture de Jean Lods
Carnets
Sea limen
The North Sea
Indian Ocean
Spatiality
Textual referentiality
Literary space
title Du limen marin dans l’écriture de Jean Lods
title_full Du limen marin dans l’écriture de Jean Lods
title_fullStr Du limen marin dans l’écriture de Jean Lods
title_full_unstemmed Du limen marin dans l’écriture de Jean Lods
title_short Du limen marin dans l’écriture de Jean Lods
title_sort du limen marin dans l ecriture de jean lods
topic Sea limen
The North Sea
Indian Ocean
Spatiality
Textual referentiality
Literary space
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