Open AccessÉcrire et décrire l'eau. Rêveries contemplatives dans le roman Madame Orpha de Marie Gevers
Author(s) -
D. Pop
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
lubelskie materiały neofilologiczne/lublin studies in modern languages and literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-4580
pISSN - 0137-4699
DOI - 10.17951/lsmll.2018.42.3.35
Subject(s) - symbol (formal) , meaning (existential) , theme (computing) , art , humanities , order (exchange) , art history , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , epistemology , world wide web , finance , economics
One of the most common symbols used in literature, water, which is both a source of life and a rich symbol of meaning, is a theme that has transformed into a real instrument of aesthetic research over the last centuries. In this article, we show how the Francophone woman writer, Marie Gevers, uses the symbol of water in Madame Orpha. We also identify some of the functions that this element has in her autobiographical text and we analyze the way in which the reveries on water are reconstituted in order to give a coherent and a meaningful writing.