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La langue française comme pivot principal du monde représenté dans la nouvelle Mademoiselle O de Vladimir Nabokov et le roman Madame d’Antoni Libera

Publication date: 12.2019

Romanica Cracoviensia, Volume 19 (2019), Volume 19, Issue 4, pp. 247 - 256

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843917RC.19.023.11912

Authors

Juliusz Cęcelewski
Université Paris Sorbonne, Paris, France
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Titles

La langue française comme pivot principal du monde représenté dans la nouvelle Mademoiselle O de Vladimir Nabokov et le roman Madame d’Antoni Libera

Abstract

The French language as the main pivot of the world represented in the short story Mademoiselle O by Vladimir Nabokov and the novel Madame by Antoni Libera

The article seeks to show that the French language is the central element in the world represented by the short story Mademoiselle O by V. Nabokov and by the novel Madame by A. Libera. Through the main character, the narrator of Mademoiselle O renews with French, which has a chance to become his language of literary expression. The evocation of the memory of his childhood serves as a pretext to describe a complex relationship between the Russian writer, the French language to which he was formerly initiated by his governess and the writing he undertakes in this borrowed language. The background of the novel Madame is Poland and its dark political and social climate of the communist era. The protagonist’s attraction to the French language and culture is the condition and result of his journey as an intellectual and writer, as well as his first emotions of love towards his French teacher.

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Information

Information: Romanica Cracoviensia, Volume 19 (2019), Volume 19, Issue 4, pp. 247 - 256

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:
La langue française comme pivot principal du monde représenté dans la nouvelle Mademoiselle O de Vladimir Nabokov et le roman Madame d’Antoni Libera
English:

The French language as the main pivot of the world represented in the short story Mademoiselle O by Vladimir Nabokov and the novel Madame by Antoni Libera

Authors

Université Paris Sorbonne, Paris, France

Published at: 12.2019

Article status: Open

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Percentage share of authors:

Juliusz Cęcelewski (Author) - 100%

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French