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Research Articles

Michaël Ferrier, Kuki Shûzô : la séduction des rencontres

Pages 707-715 | Published online: 29 Nov 2023
 

Abstract

This article seeks to compare writings and aesthetics of Michaël Ferrier, francophone author established in Japan, with Japanese philosopher and essayist, Kuki Shûzô. My focus stems from the authors' interest in the idea of “meeting”, and their experiences of the complexity of understanding the self and the other, both individually, as people, and collectively, as cultures. I use Kuki Shûzô's concept of iki as a node that ties together both authors' conceptions of identity, difference, self, love and existence.

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1 Maurice Barrès est une figure centrale de “droite littéraire” de la fin du XIXème français. Son image reste associée au nationalisme, à l'antisémitisme et à une esthétique du terroir. La biographie de Barrès de l'Encyclopedia Universalis introduit dès l'abord l'auteur par une justification de sa “complexité” et souligne son influence éclectique : “Il y a deux images de Barrès : celle, qu'a laissée Jacques-Émile Blanche, d'un grand jeune homme […] à l'allure de dandy […] celle du grand écrivain patriote, enveloppé dans les plis du drapeau tricolore […] et une œuvre infiniment plus riche que ne l'imaginent ceux qui condamnent Barrès […] Barrès a exercé une influence sur des hommes aussi divers que Drieu la Rochelle, François Mauriac, Henry de Montherlant, André Malraux, Louis Aragon ou Jean-Marie Domenach. C'est sûrement une erreur de confondre le nationalisme barrésien avec le nationalisme maurrassien”. (https://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/maurice-barres/)

2 Le terme d'isotopie décrit les variations, les redondances thématiques et stylistiques qui structurent un texte. Mais il fait aussi un léger clin d'œil à l'engagement de Ferrier sur la question du nucléaire, que nous ne touchons pas ici, mais qui est centrale dans l'œuvre de l'écrivain.

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Mehdi E. Chalmers

Mehdi Chalmers is a Ph.D. student in the French program at Florida State University. His research interests are Caribbean literature, Black Atlantic theory, postcolonial studies, contemporary poetics, and Francophone poetry. He studied Philosophy and Literature in France, and taught philosophy in Haiti. He has published four poetry collections and co-founded the Haitian journal Trois/Cent/Soixante. His current work focuses on late twentieth century Haitian poets, novelists and playwrights.

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