Marguerite Duras, a body of pain
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Marguerite Duras. Body. Writing. Language. Subjectivity.Abstract
This essay aims to observe how the undoing of the self and the ruptures regarding the rational logic of language may lead to possibilities of new subjectivities when facing situations of destitution where the body no longer seems occupied by an “I”. Using mainly the text La douler [The War: A Memoir], a diary written by Marguerite Duras during World War II, but only published in 1985, in which the author narrates the time spent waiting for her companion who was detained at a concentration camp, the study attempts to reflect upon the solitude and despair of writing during this period of vigil, exploring how the
writer develops these issues by using the very materiality of language.
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