Le but de cet article est d'examiner la représentation d'Alger dans "Le premier homme" d'Albert Camus (1994). L'espace urbain où se déroule la plupart de l'action de ce roman autobiographique, tout en étant évoqué par ses bâtiments, ses rues, ses espaces publiques, mais il est surtout connoté par la vie de ses habitants. Ce sont les personnages évoqués par le narrateur, Jacques Cormery, alias Albert Camus, à donner un sens aux lieux, même à ceux apparemment qui ne semblent avoir aucune fonction. Alger est aussi l'endroit où Jacques peut reconstruire sa généalogie au moyen de quelques indices aptes à activer la mémoire familiale et individuelle.
The aim of this article is to examine the portray of Algiers in Albert Camus's «The First Man» (1994). This autobiographical novel points out the fact that towns are not simply made by spaces and buildings, but mainly by the citizens living within their boundaries. Camus's Narrator gives his characters the task to connote places, even the amorphous ones. Throughout the process by which people attribute meaning to places, the novel re-writes the space. In the meantime, each town, each urban space produces specific stories; processes and relationships suggest and determine plots and stories. Camus's Algiers is the ground where his main character Jacques has experiences, grows up, meets people. Algiers is also the place where Jacques can rebuild his genealogy by means of some clues apt for activating the familial and individual memory.
Albert Camus et Alger
Antonella Emina
2018
Abstract
The aim of this article is to examine the portray of Algiers in Albert Camus's «The First Man» (1994). This autobiographical novel points out the fact that towns are not simply made by spaces and buildings, but mainly by the citizens living within their boundaries. Camus's Narrator gives his characters the task to connote places, even the amorphous ones. Throughout the process by which people attribute meaning to places, the novel re-writes the space. In the meantime, each town, each urban space produces specific stories; processes and relationships suggest and determine plots and stories. Camus's Algiers is the ground where his main character Jacques has experiences, grows up, meets people. Algiers is also the place where Jacques can rebuild his genealogy by means of some clues apt for activating the familial and individual memory.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
