TY - JOUR
TI - Labyrinthine Literature between Text and Sex in Journal sexuel d'un garçon d'aujourd’hui by Arthur Dreyfus
AU - Vandersmissen, Marc
TI - Labyrinthine Literature between Text and Sex in Journal sexuel d'un garçon d'aujourd’hui by Arthur Dreyfus
AB - In Journal sexuel d’un garçon d’aujourd'hui, Arthur Dreyfus records his sexual experiences over several years. But he doesn’t limit himself to recounting his sexual intimacy; he also writes down some of his thoughts on other areas, such as relationships, writing and psychoanalysis. He generally proceeds in short narratives that can take different forms (anecdotes, poems, letters...) and are brought together to form a work of over 2000 pages. The reader is thus led into the author’s systems of thought. The aim of this article is to highlight the labyrinthine construction of this work: first, we’ll see how the Journal is the result of a search for identity. Next, we’ll look at how this work proposes a new form of intertextuality. Finally, we look at the form of the Journal and its impact on the reader. In this way, we offer the first keys to reading a complex but powerful work.
VL - 2024
IS - Numéro 37
PY - 2024
SN - 2300-4681
C1 - 2353-8953
SP - 47
EP - 72
DO - 10.4467/23538953CE.24.003.19417
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/labyrinthine-literature-between-text-and-sex-in-journal-sexuel-dun-garcon-daujourdhui-by-arthur-dreyfus
KW - Arthur Dreyfus
KW - French Contemporary Literature
KW - Literary Theories
KW - Labirynthine Writing
KW - Subjectivities