%0 Journal Article
%T The Distorting Mirror of Literature: Character Portraits in La Force du Désir by Marie Krysinska
%A Wierzbowska, Ewa Małgorzata
%J Cahiers ERTA
%V 2022
%R 10.4467/23538953CE.22.019.17158
%N Numéro 32
%P 30-49
%K Krysinska, literary portrait, artistic environment, decryption
%@ 2300-4681
%D 2022
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/le-miroir-deformant-de-la-litterature-portraits-dans-la-force-du-desir-de-marie-krysinska
%X A roman à clef, where the presence of fictional and nonfictional elements is obvious, is a powerful framework for literary portraits of the author’s contemporaries. The degree of deformation, be it glamorizing or devaluing, depends on several factors, among which the pleasure of playing hide and seek is not the least. Each reference, even a demeaning one, brings out of the shadow of the past both prominent and background characters, as well as important events, all from the author’s point of view. Through this display, an image of a very complex environment emerges, where the worst rubs shoulders with the best, and where the constraints of daily life or loyalty to ideals impose difficult choices with very serious consequences. The author observes the sociological phenomena that affect her environment and, while making sharp criticisms, seeks to find a remedy for the wound that destroys Art and the Artist.