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Paraboles de guerre
A Fable (Parabole) entre La Peste et La Route des Flandres
- Source: Revue Romane. Langue et littérature, Volume 52, Issue 1, Jan 2017, p. 31 - 42
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- 24 Apr 2017
Abstract
This article reveals the connection existing between A Fable by Faulkner, La Peste by Camus, and La Route des Flandres by Simon, with the three novels sharing a parabolic and symbolic vision of war. While Faulkner’s novel evidences a true christology with a lot of biblical references, Camus and Simon sometimes refer to the Bible, as the American writer does, or to ancient mythology. The fictional characters are shown facing clearly the same dis-membering of time, as well as an implacable and very Faulknerian evil that strikes them inevitably, and against which Faulkner and Camus’s characters revolt.
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