The Difficulty of Being Oneself: Phenomena of Desubjectivation in the Fictional Characters of Bon, Mauvignier, and Serena
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https://doi.org/10.18352/relief.933Keywords:
Désubjectivation, François Bon, Laurent Mauvignier, Serena, aliénation, roman contemporainAbstract
Confronted with a form of social injunction to become oneself, many characters in contemporary novels resort to various strategies of escape and disappearance. However, these tactics of resistance to a social mechanism that forces individuals to fulfill themselves do not seem to be within everyone’s reach. In the novels of Bon, Mauvignier, and Serena, individuals appear to experience different forms of desubjectivation, an impossibility of being oneself. The study of these phenomena of indistinction, alienation, and disembodiment ultimately leads to the establishment of the minimal conditions necessary for the existence of these uncertain subjects.
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