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THE REPRESENTATION OF BANLIEUES IN CONTEMPORARY FRENCH LITERATURE: A NEW FORM OF ENGAGED REALISM?

Year 2024, Volume: 64 Issue: 2, 1454 - 1580
https://doi.org/10.33171/dtcfjournal.2024.64.2.24

Abstract

This article aims to address the following questions: What form does the representation of the banlieues imaginary take in contemporary French literature, and what position does it occupy within the literary field? Can we speak of a new form of mimesis of reality? To explore these questions, three works have been selected from contemporary French literature that represent this imaginary, each written by a different author: Lydie Salvayre’s Les belles Âmes (2000), Olivier Adam’s Les Lisières (2012) and Mahir Guven’s Grand frère (2017). This selection allows for a sufficiently diverse range of works and author profiles, offering relevant insights. The article will begin by analyzing the media portrayal of the banlieues in France and the collective imaginary constructed around this space. It will then analyze how contemporary novels, including those in our corpus, reconnect fictional narrative with social reality by attempting to "heal" from the antinarrativism of modernity. It will also address the concept of engaged realism present in the three novels, focusing on the question of legitimacy in writing about, for, and on behalf of the banlieues. A final section will be dedicated to the techniques of realism in the corpus, through an analysis of these narrative techniques in the three novels. The conclusion will summarize our research and present observations regarding the answer to the question of the presence of a new peri-urban realism in contemporary French literature.

References

  • Adam, O. (2012). Les Lisières. Paris: Flammarion.
  • Auerbach, E. (2003). Mimesis: The representation of reality in Western literature. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
  • Bon, F. (2004). Daewoo. Paris: Fayard.
  • Busnel, F. (2012). Olivier Adam: "On se ment beaucoup à soi-même". L’Express. Accessed: 21.09.2024, https://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre/olivier-adam-on-se-ment-beaucoup-a-soi-meme_1153041.html
  • Diop, A. (Director). (2022). Nous [Film].
  • Eco, U. (1985). Lector in fabula: Le rôle du lecteur ou la coopération interprétative dans les textes narratifs. Paris: Grasset.
  • Flaubert, G. (1879). Lettre à J. K. Huysmans. Correspondance. Accessed: 22.09.2024, https://flaubert.univrouen.fr/correspondance/correspondance/7-mars-1879-de-gustave-flaubert-%C3%A0-joris-karl-huysmans/
  • Genette, G. (2004). Métalepse. De la figure à la fiction [e-book]. Paris: Seuil, Collection Poétique.
  • Guven, M. (2017). Grand frère. Paris: Philippe Rey.
  • Guven, M. (2019). Older Brother (T. Kover, Trans.). New-York, Europa Editions.
  • Hamon, P. (2015). Un discours contraint. In Littérature et Réalité. Paris: Points Essais.
  • Horvath, C. (2016). Écrire la banlieue dans les années 2000-2015. In B. Wallon (Ed.), Banlieues vues d’ailleurs. Paris: CNRS Éditions.
  • James, K. (2008). Banlieusards et fiers de l’être. À l'ombre du show business [Album].
  • Kamissoko, F. (2022). Lire et écrire, les mythologies de Mahir Guven. Hans et Sandor. Accessed: 22.09.2024, https://www.hansetsandor.fr/2022/05/lire-et-ecrire-les-mythologies-de-mahir-guven/
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  • Maingueneau, D. (2020). Manuel de linguistique pour les textes littéraires, Paris: Armand Colin.
  • Niang, M.-F. (2019). Identités françaises: Banlieues, féminités et universalisme. Boston: Brill.
  • Oberti, M., & Guillaume Le Gal, M. (2023). Analyse comparée et socio-territoriale des émeutes de 2023. Accessed: 22.09.2024, https://www.sciencespo.fr/com/ne ws /article-analyse-emeutes-2023-marco-oberti-maela-guillaume-le-gall.pdf
  • Paillet, A.-M. (2013). Frontières du paradoxe argumentatif chez Anne Garreta et Lydie Salvayre. In M. D. Vivero Garcia (Ed.), Frontières de l’humour (pp. 147-168). Paris: L'Harmattan.
  • Salvayre, L. (2001). Les belles Âmes. Paris: Seuil.
  • Salvayre, L. (2021). Entre deux rives. In S. Bikialo (Ed.), Lydie Salvayre (pp. 199-208). Paris: Garnier. 199-208. Doi: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-10563-3.p.0199.
  • Saint-Louis. (2018). Mahir Guven: "Je réclame aujourd’hui qu’on puisse choisir soi-même ce qui nous définit". Bondy Blog. Accessed: 22.09.2024, https://www.bondyblog.fr/culture/mahir-guven-je-reclame-aujourdhui-quon-puisse-choisir-soi-meme-ce-qui-nous-definit/
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  • Wolton, D. (2006). Les médias, qui auraient dû être des accélérateurs… ne l’ont pas été. MédiaMorphoses, 17, 70-75.

ÇAĞDAŞ FRANSIZ EDEBİYATINDA BANLİYÖLERİN TEMSİLİ: YENİ “ANGAJE” BİR GERÇEKÇİLİK?

Year 2024, Volume: 64 Issue: 2, 1454 - 1580
https://doi.org/10.33171/dtcfjournal.2024.64.2.24

Abstract

Bu makale şu sorulara yanıt vermeyi amaçlamaktadır: Fransız çağdaş edebiyatında banliyölerin edebi temsili ne şekilde ele alınmakta ve edebi alanda nasıl bir konumda bulunmaktadır? Gerçekliğin yeni bir mimesisinden söz edebilir miyiz? Bu soruları cevaplamak için, bu edebi temsili gerçekleştiren üç farklı Fransız çağdaş yazarın üç romanı seçilmiştir: Lydie Salvayre’nin Les belles Âmes (2000), Olivier Adam’ın Les Lisières (2012) ve Mahir Guven’in Grand frère (2017). Bu seçkide eserlerin ve yazar profillerinin yeterince farklı olması çeşitli çıkarımların sunulmasını sağlayacaktır. Makale, Fransa’da banliyölerin medyadaki temsili ve bu mekân etrafında inşa edilen kolektif bilinç ile ilgili bir analiz ile başlayacaktır. Ardından, edebi tür olarak Fransız romanının, modernliğin “antinarrativizminden” “iyileşmeye” çalışarak nasıl sosyal gerçeklikle yeniden bağlantı kurduğunu, özellikle ele aldığımız eserlerdeki anlatı teknikleriyle inceleyecektir. Ayrıca, üç romanda var olan ‘angaje realizm’ kavramını, banliyöler hakkında yazma “meşruiyeti” üzerine odaklanarak ele alacaktır. Son bölümde, üç romanda yer alan bu gerçekçilik tekniklerinin bir çözümlemesini sunarak, eserlerde kullanılan gerçekçi anlatı yöntemlerine odaklanılacaktır. Sonuç kısmında ise, araştırmamız özetlenecektir ve çağdaş Fransız edebiyatında yeni bir banliyö realizminin varlığına dair verilen yanıtlar hakkında gözlemler sunulacaktır. Bu eserlerdeki banliyönun edebi temsili özellikle önemlidir çünkü bu bölgeler hakkında, bu bölgeleri yakından tanıyan kişiler tarafından ve banliyöyü yaftalayan, banliyö sakinleri hakkında olumsuz kolektif bilinci oluşturan medya ve siyasi söyleme karşı bir söylem üretilmesine olanak tanır.

References

  • Adam, O. (2012). Les Lisières. Paris: Flammarion.
  • Auerbach, E. (2003). Mimesis: The representation of reality in Western literature. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
  • Bon, F. (2004). Daewoo. Paris: Fayard.
  • Busnel, F. (2012). Olivier Adam: "On se ment beaucoup à soi-même". L’Express. Accessed: 21.09.2024, https://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre/olivier-adam-on-se-ment-beaucoup-a-soi-meme_1153041.html
  • Diop, A. (Director). (2022). Nous [Film].
  • Eco, U. (1985). Lector in fabula: Le rôle du lecteur ou la coopération interprétative dans les textes narratifs. Paris: Grasset.
  • Flaubert, G. (1879). Lettre à J. K. Huysmans. Correspondance. Accessed: 22.09.2024, https://flaubert.univrouen.fr/correspondance/correspondance/7-mars-1879-de-gustave-flaubert-%C3%A0-joris-karl-huysmans/
  • Genette, G. (2004). Métalepse. De la figure à la fiction [e-book]. Paris: Seuil, Collection Poétique.
  • Guven, M. (2017). Grand frère. Paris: Philippe Rey.
  • Guven, M. (2019). Older Brother (T. Kover, Trans.). New-York, Europa Editions.
  • Hamon, P. (2015). Un discours contraint. In Littérature et Réalité. Paris: Points Essais.
  • Horvath, C. (2016). Écrire la banlieue dans les années 2000-2015. In B. Wallon (Ed.), Banlieues vues d’ailleurs. Paris: CNRS Éditions.
  • James, K. (2008). Banlieusards et fiers de l’être. À l'ombre du show business [Album].
  • Kamissoko, F. (2022). Lire et écrire, les mythologies de Mahir Guven. Hans et Sandor. Accessed: 22.09.2024, https://www.hansetsandor.fr/2022/05/lire-et-ecrire-les-mythologies-de-mahir-guven/
  • Kibédi Varga, Á. (1990). Le récit postmoderne. Littérature, 77, Situation de la fiction, 3-22. Doi:10.3406/litt.1990.1506
  • Maingueneau, D. (2020). Manuel de linguistique pour les textes littéraires, Paris: Armand Colin.
  • Niang, M.-F. (2019). Identités françaises: Banlieues, féminités et universalisme. Boston: Brill.
  • Oberti, M., & Guillaume Le Gal, M. (2023). Analyse comparée et socio-territoriale des émeutes de 2023. Accessed: 22.09.2024, https://www.sciencespo.fr/com/ne ws /article-analyse-emeutes-2023-marco-oberti-maela-guillaume-le-gall.pdf
  • Paillet, A.-M. (2013). Frontières du paradoxe argumentatif chez Anne Garreta et Lydie Salvayre. In M. D. Vivero Garcia (Ed.), Frontières de l’humour (pp. 147-168). Paris: L'Harmattan.
  • Salvayre, L. (2001). Les belles Âmes. Paris: Seuil.
  • Salvayre, L. (2021). Entre deux rives. In S. Bikialo (Ed.), Lydie Salvayre (pp. 199-208). Paris: Garnier. 199-208. Doi: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-10563-3.p.0199.
  • Saint-Louis. (2018). Mahir Guven: "Je réclame aujourd’hui qu’on puisse choisir soi-même ce qui nous définit". Bondy Blog. Accessed: 22.09.2024, https://www.bondyblog.fr/culture/mahir-guven-je-reclame-aujourdhui-quon-puisse-choisir-soi-meme-ce-qui-nous-definit/
  • Schwerdtner, K. (2020). Lydie Salvayre: Écrire pour s’adresser, s’adresser pour écrire?. Francosphères, 9, 203-211. Doi:10.3828/franc.2020.17
  • TF1Info. (2010). Olivier Adam: "Je n'ai aucun ami parmi les critiques littéraires". TF1Info. Accessed: 22.09.2024,https://www.tf1info.fr/culture/olivier-adam-je-nai-aucun-ami-parmi-les-critiques-litteraires-1557552.html
  • Wolton, D. (2006). Les médias, qui auraient dû être des accélérateurs… ne l’ont pas été. MédiaMorphoses, 17, 70-75.
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Primary Language English
Subjects French Language, Literature and Culture
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Gülseren Şen Dağtekin 0000-0002-8563-7195

Arzu Kunt 0000-0003-0034-6936

Early Pub Date December 18, 2024
Publication Date
Submission Date October 23, 2024
Acceptance Date November 28, 2024
Published in Issue Year 2024 Volume: 64 Issue: 2

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APA Şen Dağtekin, G., & Kunt, A. (2024). THE REPRESENTATION OF BANLIEUES IN CONTEMPORARY FRENCH LITERATURE: A NEW FORM OF ENGAGED REALISM?. Ankara Üniversitesi Dil Ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 64(2), 1454-1580. https://doi.org/10.33171/dtcfjournal.2024.64.2.24

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