Adina Balint
Cahiers ERTA, Numéro 11 Acédie / Honte, malaise, inquiétude, ressentiment, 2017, pp. 123-143
https://doi.org/10.4467/23538953CE.17.007.6901This article draws on the psychoanalytic theories of shame by Boris Cyrulnik to explore various literary representations of shame in Canadian francophone literature today. By comparing Annie Ernaux’s discourse on shame with excerpts from Kim Thúy and Pascal Janovjak (À toi), Sergio Kokis (Le Pavillon des miroirs) and Régine Robin (La Québécoite), I study the dynamics of interculturalism (G. Bouchard, P. Imbert, P. Ouellet) in contemporary francophone Canadian literature. Thus, I emphasise the irreductible impact of mobility, transformation and life experiences in the cultivation of shared cultural values.