TY - JOUR
TI - The configuration of happiness and unhappiness as part of the auditory landscape: the work of Albert Camus
AU - Chatzipetrou, Sofia
TI - The configuration of happiness and unhappiness as part of the auditory landscape: the work of Albert Camus
AB - This essay aims to analyze the poetics of the soundscape in Albert Camus’ work, based in the notions of happiness and unhappiness. Our purpose will be to define the characteristics of the symbolism of auditory perception, which are elaborated on the double configuration between happiness and unhappiness. The fact that the symbolic universe of Camus outlines a total sensory experience does no longer need to be demonstrated. Starting from his first lyrical writings to the Notebooks, his writing appeals arouses all the senses. Through a comparative study of examples relating to happiness and unhappiness and while underlining the predominant place of silence in Camus’ aesthetics, we will come off to the conclusion that Camus’s work constitutes a real kind of field recording.
VL - 2021
IS - Numéro 25
PY - 2021
SN - 2300-4681
C1 - 2353-8953
SP - 57
EP - 79
DO - 10.4467/23538953CE.20.023.13547
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/la-configuration-du-bonheur-et-du-malheur-dans-le-cadre-du-paysage-auditif-loeuvre-dalbert-camus
KW - auditory perception
KW - silence
KW - happiness
KW - unhappiness