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L'écriture Du Bonheur Dans Le Roman Contemporain

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Through the ages, the pursuit of Happiness has been at the heart of the needs and desires each individual would seek to fulfill, while as a concept, Happiness has always resonated strongly in poetic as well as philosophical, sociological and psychological contexts. But what about Happiness today, in a world dominated by technology, driven by productivity and dictated by efficiency? Does Happiness still feature in contemporary fiction in any significant way? Or has it perhaps gone underground, adopting different guises? Would we still call that â oeduty of happinessâ that Pascal Bruckner saw as â oepresent at the second half of the twentieth centuryâ a relevant force today? Or has it waned perceptibly? The articles brought together in this volume seek to work out answers to these and similar questions, creatively addressing the imminent risks but also eagerly following up the intriguing possibilities one encounters when interrogating Happiness in the contemporary novel. Originally based on an international conference organized at the University of Haifa, Israel, in May 2010, the volume is structured around the axes we found useful as a basis for the various approaches towards Happiness in Europe and the historical and social events that influenced the writing of Happiness as they defined the 20th century and have impacted on the 21st: the Holocaust, the Soviet dystopia, consumerism, postmodernism, â oeeveryday life, â the various as yet unarticulated new modes of life they have given rise to, and so on. A new writing of happiness then? At the very least this volume targets the contemporary novel without wanting to solidify works, instead taking into account the fluctuations Happiness has been subjected to, and the diversity and especially the paradoxes it has created, while we have been keen to preserve a â oepreciseâ reading of the texts and have felt compelled to respect and preserve the particular features that make the writings of the authors we focus on stand out. Thème philosophique aussi bien que poÃ(c)tique, sociologique et psychologique, le bonheur sâ (TM)Ã(c)difie à la mesure de chacun. « Nâ (TM)est-il pas vrai que, nous autres hommes, nous dÃ(c)sirons tous Ãatre heureux ? » (Platon). Or dans notre monde actuel dominÃ(c) par la technique, la recherche à outrance du productif et de lâ (TM)efficacitÃ(c), quâ (TM)en est-il du bonheur ? Est-il encore prÃ(c)sent aux Ã(c)critures romanesques contemporaines ? Sous quelles formes se prÃ(c)senterait sa recherche ? Ce « devoir de bonheur propre à la deuxième moitiÃ(c) du XXe siècle » dont parle Pascal Bruckner, continue-t-il toujours à Ãatre dâ (TM)actualitÃ(c) ? Sâ (TM)est-il renforcÃ(c) ou, au contraire, sâ (TM)est-il affaibli? Le projet dâ (TM)un questionnement du bonheur dans le roman contemporain comportait de gros risques, mais il offrait en mÃame temps des possibilitÃ(c)s stimulantes. A la suite du colloque international organisÃ(c) à lâ (TM)universitÃ(c) de Haïfa en mai 2010, les textes rÃ(c)unis dans ce livre, cherchent à Ã(c)laborer des Ã(c)lÃ(c)ments de rÃ(c)ponse à ces questions. Le volume offre un Ã(c)tat des lieux du bonheur dans le roman depuis 1980 et prÃ(c)sente une large diversitÃ(c) dâ (TM)approches, de dÃ(c)finitions, dâ (TM)interrogations sur lâ (TM)Ã(c)criture du bonheur sur trois dÃ(c)cennies. Le recueil sâ (TM)articule autour dâ (TM)axes qui ont servi de base aux diffÃ(c)rentes approches du bonheur en Europe et dâ (TM)Ã(c)vÃ(c)nements historiques et sociaux qui ont pu influencer lâ (TM)Ã(c)criture du bonheur aux diffÃ(c)rentes pÃ(c)riodes du XXe et XXe siècles, telles que lâ (TM)Holocauste, la dystopie en Russie, le postmodernisme et le consumÃ(c)risme, le quotidien, les diffÃ(c)rents paradoxes du bonheur, les nouveaux modes de vie. Nouvelle Ã(c)criture du bonheur? Du moins, ce volume vise-t-il le contemporain sans figer les Å"uvres, tout en tenant compte des fluctuations du sujet, de sa diversitÃ(c), de ses paradoxes surtout, tout en conservant la lecture prÃ(c)cise des textes et en respectant la particularitÃ(c) de lâ (TM)Ã(c)criture des auteurs traitÃ(c)s.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781443827164
ISBN-10: 1443827169
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars
Publication date: 2011
Edition description: Revised ed.
Pages: 249
Product dimensions: Height: 8.2 Inches, Length: 5.9 Inches, Weight: 1.05 Pounds, Width: 0.9 Inches
Author: Ruth Amar
Language: en
Binding: Hardcover

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