Écho des études romanes 2019, 15(1):125-135 | DOI: 10.32725/eer.2019.009
La métaphorisation de l’existence liquide : Carnets de naufrage de Guillaume VigneaultFrench
- Université de Bohême du Sud à Èeské Budìjovice
Mots clés: roman québécois contemporain; Vigneault; Bauman; modernité liquide; société liquide; métaphore liquide
The metaphorization of liquid existence: Guillaume Vigneault’s Diary of a Shipwreck
In 2000, Zygmunt Bauman published an essay called Liquid Modernity in which contemporary society is compared to liquids: unstable and insecure, obsessed with satisfying desires, incapable of long-term relationships. In the same year, Carnets de naufrage, the first novel by the young Quebec writer Guillaume Vigneault is published, which presents an identical perception of society and, moreover, uses the liquid metaphor.
The article not only introduces the Bauman's concept of liquid society and connects it to the Vigneault's vision, but mainly focuses on how the Quebec author creates and shapes the liquid metaphor.
Keywords: contemporary Quebec novel; Vigneault; Bauman; liquid modernity; liquid society; liquid metaphor
Published: June 11, 2019 Show citation
References
- BAUMAN Zygmunt (2000), Liquid Modernity, Cambridge, Polity.
- BOURDIEU Pierre (1997)
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