Thélème Revista Complutense de Estudios Franceses
Thélème. Revista Complutense de Estudios Franceses is a journal of scientific research. It accepts original and unpublished articles in three languages –French, English and Spanish– dealing with aspects of the French speaking literature and language or their relation with other artistic or literary fields. It contains as well a section of reports of non literary works concerning the same domain.
The journal has received in 2014 the seal of quality of Spanish scientific journals accorded by the National Agency FECYT (Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología).
It has been publishing for more than 25 years –today at a biannual rate– articles which can be sent us during the whole year to the next address: http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/THEL
Thélème. Revista Complutense de Estudios Franceses acknowledges receipt of every original. Those are subject to an external, anonymous, double-blinded evaluation. Regarding anonymous reports, the Editorial Board decides whether to accept it, refuse it or introduce modifications in the proposed article. The contribution may be subject to arbitration made by a third external evaluation. Ultimate decisions are communicated to the author within six months.
The journal is present in numerous databases and platforms of search and evaluation such as:
CINDOC-CSIC, CSA, Dialnet, DULCINEA, E-REVISTAS-CSIC, Francis, Google Scholar, IEDCyT (CSIC), ISOC, LLBA (Linguistics&LanguageBehavior Abstracts), MLA (Modern Language Association Database), Social Services Abstracts, SUDOC, Carhus Plus+. ANEP/FECYT, DICE, MIAR, IN-RECH, RESH, CIRC, Latindex.
It cooperates with prestigious journals in France and Spain, but also in Germany, Belgium, Argentina and the United States, and it is present in abundant catalogues such as:
REBIUM (Red de BibliotecasUniversitariasEspañolas), BNE (Bibliotecanacional de España), BVB (BiblioteheksVerbund Bayern FAST-Zugand), TIB Hannover (TIBORDER; GermanNacional Library of Science and Technology), Staatsbiblithekzu Berlin, SWB (Union CatalogSouthwest Germany), KOBV Berlin-Frandenburg, GBV (Union CatalogNorthern Germany), HeBIS (Union Catalogue Hesse), Worldcat, ABES (Agence bibliographique de l’Enseignement Supérieur; French Union Catalog), LIBRIS (Union Catalogue of SwedishLibraries), COPAC, ItalianPeriodical Catalogue, CzechNacional Library.
The journal has received in 2014 the seal of quality of Spanish scientific journals accorded by the National Agency FECYT (Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología).
It has been publishing for more than 25 years –today at a biannual rate– articles which can be sent us during the whole year to the next address: http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/THEL
Thélème. Revista Complutense de Estudios Franceses acknowledges receipt of every original. Those are subject to an external, anonymous, double-blinded evaluation. Regarding anonymous reports, the Editorial Board decides whether to accept it, refuse it or introduce modifications in the proposed article. The contribution may be subject to arbitration made by a third external evaluation. Ultimate decisions are communicated to the author within six months.
The journal is present in numerous databases and platforms of search and evaluation such as:
CINDOC-CSIC, CSA, Dialnet, DULCINEA, E-REVISTAS-CSIC, Francis, Google Scholar, IEDCyT (CSIC), ISOC, LLBA (Linguistics&LanguageBehavior Abstracts), MLA (Modern Language Association Database), Social Services Abstracts, SUDOC, Carhus Plus+. ANEP/FECYT, DICE, MIAR, IN-RECH, RESH, CIRC, Latindex.
It cooperates with prestigious journals in France and Spain, but also in Germany, Belgium, Argentina and the United States, and it is present in abundant catalogues such as:
REBIUM (Red de BibliotecasUniversitariasEspañolas), BNE (Bibliotecanacional de España), BVB (BiblioteheksVerbund Bayern FAST-Zugand), TIB Hannover (TIBORDER; GermanNacional Library of Science and Technology), Staatsbiblithekzu Berlin, SWB (Union CatalogSouthwest Germany), KOBV Berlin-Frandenburg, GBV (Union CatalogNorthern Germany), HeBIS (Union Catalogue Hesse), Worldcat, ABES (Agence bibliographique de l’Enseignement Supérieur; French Union Catalog), LIBRIS (Union Catalogue of SwedishLibraries), COPAC, ItalianPeriodical Catalogue, CzechNacional Library.
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the aim of this paper is to enlighten the ethical system of biocentric and ecocentric values that defines the identities of the novel’s characters, both individually and collectively. I will study the symbolism of the ecosystem
where the conflict takes place (the fictitious town of Fonds-Rouge) and how this ecosystem is itself one of the novel’s main characters. In addition, I will pay special attention to the figure of Manuel, who returns from Cuba and finds his native land going through a terrible drought. In order to save his people (in a broad sense) from death, Manuel will have to search the hills for water, hoping to be able to govern it with justice and ensure the peaceful survival of his community, and the restoration of its socio-environmental balance.
Key words: Caribbean, Haiti, Jacques Roumain, biocentrism, eco-identity, eco-justice, peace.
feudal Valais. Her love of nature and her imagination cause her to be considered a witch, and her tutor uses punishments to try to change her character. Emerentia is persecuted for loving and worshipping wild animals and trees. The text highlights the beauty and strength of the natural elements in the Valais, as well as religious intransigence and fear of the unknown. Through an ecocritical approach, this articles studies how Corinna Bille denounces the religious fanaticism that has ignited so many pyres, while it simultaneously highlights the beauty of wild, archaic and primitive nature; a nature more favorable to the marvelous than to witchcraft, but feared and misunderstood. Deux Passions evokes the magical nature of a Valais with all its freshness and primitive wildness.
Key words: Corinna Bille; Emerentia; Valais; ecocriticism; biophylie; witchcraft.
to accomplish this task, we concentrate on Sade’s characterization of the libertine Bandole and his dialogue with Justine. We also study the historical-conceptual reconstruction of philosophical and theological expressions of the world’s soul system produced by authors that Sade frequently read, such as Pierre Bayle and Nicolas Fréret. Of special relevance will be the link between those expressions and Baruch Spinoza’s thought. This articles evaluates the controversial engagement (or lack
thereof) that Sade’s libertine novels exhibit with respect to the diffusion of the Enlightenment’s key proclamations and ideas.
Keywords: Sade; world’s soul system; materialism; Enlightenment.
Stein is a prisoner of the imaginary relationship she has with the figure of the other, because the significant law of the Name of-the-Father has not been registered, as a result of a foreclosure in the second phase of the mirror stage. Therefore, after being abandoned by her fiancé, the ravishing of Lol V. Stein is unleashed and, unable to resort to the symbolic dimension of language, she collapses forever, incapable of going through a mourning process for the loss of the loved object.
Keywords: loss; ravishing; imaginary axis; symbolic axis; foreclosure.
culture and explains the influence of world literatures in Poulin’s work.
Keywords: Volkswagen Blues; On the Road; Jacques Poulin; Quebec; Oregon Trail; Pioneers; Canadian literature; road
novel; transtextuality; intertextuality
is the case of Max, a paraplegic painter and the protagonist of the novel Homme invisible à la fenêtre (2001) by Monique Proulx. For him painting is a catharsis that enables his rebirth with each of his brushstrokes.
This article analyzes three basic aspects of the novel: the impact of trauma on the life of the protagonist and his defence mechanisms; the painter’s gaze, capable of expressing the essence of each being, contrary to the limited possibilities of mirrors (metaphors for society); and, finally, the possibility of channeling trauma through art.
Keywords: body ; look ; painting ; cathartic therapy ; trauma.
intimate and violent creation serves as therapy by revealing the trauma of sexual abuse within the family resulting in
impaired mental health. This essay is divided into four parts: first, we present the artist as a source of inspiration for other
works; second, we inquire into the autobiographical as linked to the author’s literary production; and third, we analyze the
short story Mon secret (1994)—a tale that becomes a liberating cry from the weight of shame and guilt. We conclude with
some reflections on the uncertain separation between private life and public exposure.
Keywords: autobiography; secret; rape; therapy; feminism; gender studies.
the guise of a cluster of the emblematic themes of 1920s literature—such as anxiety, exoticism and holiness—Vasco is above
all a postmodern novel ahead of its time. Indeed, the questions staged in this island fiction deconstruct the very possibility
of adventure and highlight the aporia “why keep living?”. Starting from the context of Vasco’s publication and its critical
reception, we will see why, even in the very heart of the paradise island, protagonist fails to escape his demons.
Keywords: Chadourne; Vasco; 1920’s; adventure; anxiety; postmodernism.
French in the case that concerns us (i.e., TABULA > table, ARBORE > arbre, NUMERU > nombre, etc.)—is here analyzed
in the frame of declarative phonology from a diachronic perspective, and has a starting point in the notion of dominion. This
approach has enabled the enumeration of the strong restrictions upon the consonants that constitute the attacks, as well as the
creation of a typology that accounts for their performance within the syllable in such a way that the positions of the prosodic
curve reveal their importance in the formation of the double-attacks.
This interest prevailed for a long time: the article he published in 1948 in an Algerian magazine already showed Dib’s great knowledge of the writers across the Atlantic. Over time his knowledge became deeper and more intimate, particularly since his stay in California in the summer of 1974. This direct experience of the reality of the United States nourished Dib’s later works and allowed him to renew his poetics and his conception of writing. This article explains the connections between Dib’s work and his unique representations of American referents.
the aim of this paper is to enlighten the ethical system of biocentric and ecocentric values that defines the identities of the novel’s characters, both individually and collectively. I will study the symbolism of the ecosystem
where the conflict takes place (the fictitious town of Fonds-Rouge) and how this ecosystem is itself one of the novel’s main characters. In addition, I will pay special attention to the figure of Manuel, who returns from Cuba and finds his native land going through a terrible drought. In order to save his people (in a broad sense) from death, Manuel will have to search the hills for water, hoping to be able to govern it with justice and ensure the peaceful survival of his community, and the restoration of its socio-environmental balance.
Key words: Caribbean, Haiti, Jacques Roumain, biocentrism, eco-identity, eco-justice, peace.
feudal Valais. Her love of nature and her imagination cause her to be considered a witch, and her tutor uses punishments to try to change her character. Emerentia is persecuted for loving and worshipping wild animals and trees. The text highlights the beauty and strength of the natural elements in the Valais, as well as religious intransigence and fear of the unknown. Through an ecocritical approach, this articles studies how Corinna Bille denounces the religious fanaticism that has ignited so many pyres, while it simultaneously highlights the beauty of wild, archaic and primitive nature; a nature more favorable to the marvelous than to witchcraft, but feared and misunderstood. Deux Passions evokes the magical nature of a Valais with all its freshness and primitive wildness.
Key words: Corinna Bille; Emerentia; Valais; ecocriticism; biophylie; witchcraft.
to accomplish this task, we concentrate on Sade’s characterization of the libertine Bandole and his dialogue with Justine. We also study the historical-conceptual reconstruction of philosophical and theological expressions of the world’s soul system produced by authors that Sade frequently read, such as Pierre Bayle and Nicolas Fréret. Of special relevance will be the link between those expressions and Baruch Spinoza’s thought. This articles evaluates the controversial engagement (or lack
thereof) that Sade’s libertine novels exhibit with respect to the diffusion of the Enlightenment’s key proclamations and ideas.
Keywords: Sade; world’s soul system; materialism; Enlightenment.
Stein is a prisoner of the imaginary relationship she has with the figure of the other, because the significant law of the Name of-the-Father has not been registered, as a result of a foreclosure in the second phase of the mirror stage. Therefore, after being abandoned by her fiancé, the ravishing of Lol V. Stein is unleashed and, unable to resort to the symbolic dimension of language, she collapses forever, incapable of going through a mourning process for the loss of the loved object.
Keywords: loss; ravishing; imaginary axis; symbolic axis; foreclosure.
culture and explains the influence of world literatures in Poulin’s work.
Keywords: Volkswagen Blues; On the Road; Jacques Poulin; Quebec; Oregon Trail; Pioneers; Canadian literature; road
novel; transtextuality; intertextuality
is the case of Max, a paraplegic painter and the protagonist of the novel Homme invisible à la fenêtre (2001) by Monique Proulx. For him painting is a catharsis that enables his rebirth with each of his brushstrokes.
This article analyzes three basic aspects of the novel: the impact of trauma on the life of the protagonist and his defence mechanisms; the painter’s gaze, capable of expressing the essence of each being, contrary to the limited possibilities of mirrors (metaphors for society); and, finally, the possibility of channeling trauma through art.
Keywords: body ; look ; painting ; cathartic therapy ; trauma.
intimate and violent creation serves as therapy by revealing the trauma of sexual abuse within the family resulting in
impaired mental health. This essay is divided into four parts: first, we present the artist as a source of inspiration for other
works; second, we inquire into the autobiographical as linked to the author’s literary production; and third, we analyze the
short story Mon secret (1994)—a tale that becomes a liberating cry from the weight of shame and guilt. We conclude with
some reflections on the uncertain separation between private life and public exposure.
Keywords: autobiography; secret; rape; therapy; feminism; gender studies.
the guise of a cluster of the emblematic themes of 1920s literature—such as anxiety, exoticism and holiness—Vasco is above
all a postmodern novel ahead of its time. Indeed, the questions staged in this island fiction deconstruct the very possibility
of adventure and highlight the aporia “why keep living?”. Starting from the context of Vasco’s publication and its critical
reception, we will see why, even in the very heart of the paradise island, protagonist fails to escape his demons.
Keywords: Chadourne; Vasco; 1920’s; adventure; anxiety; postmodernism.
French in the case that concerns us (i.e., TABULA > table, ARBORE > arbre, NUMERU > nombre, etc.)—is here analyzed
in the frame of declarative phonology from a diachronic perspective, and has a starting point in the notion of dominion. This
approach has enabled the enumeration of the strong restrictions upon the consonants that constitute the attacks, as well as the
creation of a typology that accounts for their performance within the syllable in such a way that the positions of the prosodic
curve reveal their importance in the formation of the double-attacks.
This interest prevailed for a long time: the article he published in 1948 in an Algerian magazine already showed Dib’s great knowledge of the writers across the Atlantic. Over time his knowledge became deeper and more intimate, particularly since his stay in California in the summer of 1974. This direct experience of the reality of the United States nourished Dib’s later works and allowed him to renew his poetics and his conception of writing. This article explains the connections between Dib’s work and his unique representations of American referents.
Consolatio.