Eau et mémoire chez Marie-Célie Agnant
[EN] The island is a space constantly evoked by the Haitian writer Marie–Celie Agnant. Throughout her work, different aquatic environments such as the ocean and its immensity, the Caribbean Sea surrounding the island or the many lagoons, but also rivers and streams are elements that seem to coexist...
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| Tipo de recurso: | capítulo de libro |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repositorio: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Idioma: | francés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/98095 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/98095 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Literatura de Haití Agnant Agua Memoria Identidad |
| Sumario: | [EN] The island is a space constantly evoked by the Haitian writer Marie–Celie Agnant. Throughout her work, different aquatic environments such as the ocean and its immensity, the Caribbean Sea surrounding the island or the many lagoons, but also rivers and streams are elements that seem to coexist with the same amplitude in her homeland and in her imagination. This omnipresence of elemental liquid is the essence of an original poetic language, in which the water acquires a striking symbolism. Indeed, The Book of Emma is full of descriptions where the nuances of the colour of the water of the sea, blue in its deepness, sometimes grey, orange and red at sunset, hiding bits of the collective memory of the Haitian people. Furthermore, the river brings us to Emma’s inner journey, the memory of her African ancestors springs and becomes river water flowing constantly in her novels and poems. Then, we propose to deepen the analysis of the wealth of these metaphors that bind water to the memory – individual and collective –, describing the metaphorical journey evoked through the character of Emma in her identity and gender dimensions. |
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