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"Réalités pseudonymes explore la question de la réalité à travers le prisme du nom propre et de ses mécanismes référentiels dans la littérature et les arts au tournant du 21ème siècle. Julie Gaillard convoque les œuvres de penseurs, auteurs et artistes qui ont en commun de remettre en question l'évidence référentielle du nom propre pour interroger la fabrique du réel et montrer comment il peut être transformé, suspendu ou encore détourné : Jean-François Lyotard, Samuel Beckett, Édouard Levé, ainsi que les artistes Renaud Cojo et Invader. Situé au carrefour de plusieurs disciplines, l'ouvrage interroge la trame de la réalité à l'heure où les sociétés glissent de modalités analogiques à des modalités numériques de sa médiation. Réalités pseudonymes explores the question of reality through the lens of the proper name and its referential mechanisms in French literature and arts at the turn of the 21st century. Julie Gaillard analyzes the works of thinkers, authors, and artists who all question the referential transparency of the proper name to question the fabric of reality and show how it can be transformed, suspended or even faked: Jean-François Lyotard, Samuel Beckett, Édouard Levé, as well as the artists Renaud Cojo and Invader. Situated at the crossroads of several disciplines, the book questions the fabric of reality at a time when societies are shifting from analogue to digital modalities of its mediation".

French literature --- Names in literature. --- Reality in literature. --- History and criticism.

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"Argues that, in both form and content, the Tale of Genji re-envisions the elite practice of polygynous marriage and the construction of aristocratic mansions as expressions of familial power. Radically rethinks the Genji by focusing on the figure of the house-encompassing both fictionalized images of mansions and their inhabitants"--

Dwellings in literature. --- Marriage in literature. --- Murasaki Shikibu, --- Genji monogatari (Murasaki Shikibu)

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Après la conquête de l’Égypte par Alexandre (hiver 332-331 av. J.-C.), de nombreux hellénophones s’installent dans le pays, espérant y trouver la réussite. Ils apportent avec eux leur langue et leur mode de vie. L’esclavage fait partie de celui-ci. La mort de Cléopâtre en 30 av. J.-C. entraîne l’annexion du pays par Rome. Des Romains s’établissent en Égypte, mais le latin y est infiniment moins utilisé que le grec, langue pratiquée par l’élite romaine. Ces Romains emploient aussi les esclaves. Grecs, Romains et même Égyptiens rédigent sur papyrus et ostraca (tessons de céramique ou éclats de pierre), en grec ou en latin, une série de documents variés, officiels ou privés, dans lesquels apparaissent des esclaves. Dans ce livre, l’auteur présente un choix de ces documents écrits entre 30 av. J.-C. et 400 apr. J.-C. Ces documents illustrent de manière originale la vie des esclaves dans l’Égypte romaine sous les titres suivants : devenir esclave, changer de maître, l’esclave utilisé, l’esclave contribuable, l’esclave différent, l’esclave malfaiteur, l’esclave maltraité ou puni, l’esclave fugitif, l’esclave et ses maîtres, cesser d’être esclave. Chaque document est traduit et accompagné d’un commentaire qui en permet une bonne compréhension.

Esclaves -- Égypte --Antiquité -- Sources --- Slavery --- Slaves --- History --- Sources --- Social conditions --- Egypt --- Civilization --- Sources. --- Social conditions. --- Slavery in literature --- Romans --- Enslaved persons --- Persons --- Slavery and slaves in literature --- Slaves in literature --- Enslaved persons in literature

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"How can the 'voiceless' voice be represented? This primary question underpins lshikawa's analysis of selected work by Buraku writer, Nakagami Kenji (1946-1992). In spite of his Buraku background, Nakagami' s privilege as a writer made it difficult for him to "hear" and "represent" those voices silenced by mainstream social structures in Japan. This "paradox of representing the silenced voice" is the key theme of the book. Gayatri Spivak theorises the (im)possibility of representing the voice of "subalterns," those oppressed by imperialism, patriarchy and heteronomativity. Arguing for Burakumin as Japan's "subalterns," Ishikawa draws on Spivak to analyse Nakagami' s texts. The first half of the book revisits the theme of the transgressive Burakumin man. This section includes analysis of a seldom discussed narrative of a violent man and his silenced wife. The second half of the book focuses on the rarely heard voices of Burakumin women from the Kiyuki trilogy. Satoko, the prostitute, unknowingly commits incest with her half-brother, Akiyuki. The aged Yuki sacrifices her youth in a brothel to feed her fatherless family. The mute Moyo remains traumatized by rape. lshikawa' s close reading of Nakagami's representation of the silenced voices of these sexually stigmatized women is this book's unique contribution to Nakagami scholarship"--

Buraku people in literature. --- Nakagami, Kenji --- Criticism and interpretation.

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Between 1900 and 1960, many writers in France and Britain either had parallel careers in diplomatic corps or frequented diplomatic circles: Paul Claudel, Albert Cohen, Lawrence Durrell, Graham Greene, John le Carré, André Malraux, Nancy Mitford, Marcel Proust, and others. What attracts writers to diplomacy, and what attracts diplomats to publishing their experiences in memoirs or novels? Like novelists, diplomats are in the habit of describing situations with an eye for atmosphere, personalities, and looming crises. Yet novels about diplomats, far from putting a solemn face on everything, often devolve into comedy if not outright farce. Anachronistic yet charming, diplomats take the long view of history and social transformation, which puts them out of step with their times--at least in fiction. In this collection of essays, eleven contributors reflect on diplomacy in French and British novels, with particular focus on temporality, style, comedy, characterization, and the professional liabilities attached to representing a state abroad. With archival examples as evidence, the essays in this volume indicate that modern fiction, especially fiction about diplomacy, is a response to the increasing speed of communication, the decline of imperial power, and the ceding of old ways of negotiating to new.

English fiction --- French fiction --- Diplomacy in literature --- History and criticism