Marcel Bénabou
Multilingualism as a ‘véritable obligation vitale’ [‘a truly vital obligation’]
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 21724809 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Fabienne Cheung (0000-0002-6956-8476, University of Manchester, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2022 |
| Volumen | 22 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 331-346 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2022-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of Romance Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1473-3536 • E-ISSN: 1752-2331 |
| Editorial | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3828/jrs.2022.18 |
| OpenAlex | W4296658498 |
| Idioma | CA |
| Referencias citadas | 5 |
Marcel Bénabou is one of the longest-serving members of one of France’s most iconic and enduring literary groups, the Oulipo. Despite his dedicated service to the group’s collaborative activity, little scholarly interest has been shown in Bénabou’s solo literary projects. As a Moroccan francophone Jew, living and working in France (and French) since the 1950s, his playful and experimental autobiographical works demonstrate an attitude towards multilingualism that is characterized by conflict and creativity. This article introduces two of Bénabou’s works that explore his relation to multilingualism, using Derrida’s Le Monolinguisme de l’autre [The Monolingualism of the Other] as a point of comparison. I argue that Bénabou’s multilingualism is at times a source of anxiety, a conflicted tension between different poles of his identity. Nonetheless, it has also bestowed him with a creative freedom that has allowed him to explore different subjectivities, and ultimately to find his place within the Oulipo
Aesthetics · Art · Creativity · Linguistics · Multilingualism · Sociology · Computer Science · Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies · North African History and Literature · Philosophy · Political and Social Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
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| Altamente citado | No |