TY - JOUR
TI - The darker the night, the brighter the day: “the beauty of the world’s nights” by Marguerite Duras
AU - Lusuriello, Sabrina
TI - The darker the night, the brighter the day: “the beauty of the world’s nights” by Marguerite Duras
AB - Night-time, the favorite time of awakening for Marguerite Duras, has an ambivalent status. In a colorful game, the sleepless night changes from white to black, from bright to dark. Rather than a standstill or loss of time, the night without sleep offers a spectacular acceleration and intensification. Since the night acts as a catalyst, insomnia confronts the characters to their inescapable fate. Staying awake becomes an act of resistance, for both, characters and author. Therefore, insomnia emphasizes emptiness and inaction, and transforms loss into creation and fulfillment. Which means that insomnia is more than a physical phenomenon: it acquires a metaphysical dimension in Marguerite Duras’s work.
VL - 2021
IS - Numéro 27
PY - 2021
SN - 2300-4681
C1 - 2353-8953
SP - 34
EP - 56
DO - 10.4467/23538953CE.21.032.14385
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/plus-sombre-la-nuit-plus-claire-la-journee-la-beaute-des-nuits-du-monde-de-marguerite-duras
KW - Marguerite Duras
KW - insomnia
KW - night
KW - dark