The Return to Origins: La Honte and L'Evénement
The Return to Origins: La Honte and L'Evénement
This chapter examines Annie Ernaux's La Honte and L'Evénement, which represent a culmination of the many ‘Ernausian’ themes and techniques found in her previous works. It suggests that the narrative structure of Ernaux's texts is typically circular and that all of her concentric narrative circles are firmly rooted in the pivotal period of childhood. The chapter also mentions that Ernaux's narrators repeatedly expose the naturalised inferiority of the marginalised and contends that the social significance of cultural indicators in her writing is dictated by existent cultural hierarchies.
Keywords: Annie Ernaux, La Honte, L'Evénement, circular narrative structure, childhood, naturalised inferiority, cultural indicators
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