%0 Journal Article
%T The hope in the heart of despair in Carmen Boustani’s La guerre m’a surprise à Beyrouth [The war surprised me in Beirut]
%A Hazzoury, Nehmat
%J Cahiers ERTA
%V 2022
%R 10.4467/23538953CE.22.003.15624
%N Numéro 29
%P 72-105
%K hope, war, woman, writing, peace
%@ 2300-4681
%D 2022
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/lespoir-au-coeur-du-desespoir-dans-la-guerre-ma-surprise-a-beyrouth-de-carmen-boustani
%X The purpose of this article is to analyze the topic of hope in Carmen Boustani’s La guerre m’a surprise à Beyrouth [The war surprised me in Beirut]. The narrative structure of Greimas shows that hope exists even in a catastrophic situation and pushes the characters to act. The ending is happy not only for the country but also for the various women who lived through the war. The narrator Yasmina and her friends show that hope can arise even in a destroyed space and that life is found even in the throes of death. The act of writing itself becomes a sign of hope which proves that from black, light is born.