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‘Dans le tissage de la vie’: the poetic notebook as an ecological form of exploration

Abstract:
A slow but steady stream of critical studies on the diary form have emerged throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Although a remarkable number of notebooks (carnets, in French) have been published by poets in the same period, they have not attracted the same critical attention. Taking some steps to redress this imbalance, this article questions whether the lack of critical work on the poetic notebook is due to the pronounced interest that many of these works show in the nonhuman world. Drawing on contemporary models of nonhuman or ecological thought, this article explores how the poet Lorand Gaspar conceives of the notebook as a woven or entangled form of writing. It investigates how his notebook interlaces different knowledge systems, perspectives and styles in order to explore the entangled nature of worldly forces and humanity’s immersion in this immense weave.

Au vingtième et au vingt-et-unième siècle, plusieurs études critiques du journal intime ont vu le jour. Le carnet poétique a connu un essor important durant cette période mais on ne lui a pas accordé un intérêt critique identique. Dans une première démarche de réflexion pour corriger ce déséquilibre, cet article pose la question suivante : peut-on attribuer ‘l’absence criante d’étude’ (Met) du carnet au fait que ses auteurs ont tendance à privilégier une perspective non-anthropocentrique? En s'inspirant d’une perspective écologique, l’article analyse la forme tissée du carnet telle qu’elle se présente dans Feuilles d’observation (1986) de Lorand Gaspar. Cet article examine comment l’entrelacement des connaissances, des perspectives, et des styles divers que Gaspar cultive dans son carnet lui permet de mettre en lumière l’entrecroisement des innombrables forces terrestres et notre immersion dans cet immense tissage énergétique.
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.3366/nfs.2022.0350

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Medieval & Modern Languages Faculty
Sub department:
French
Oxford college:
Wadham College
Role:
Author


Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press
Journal:
Nottingham French Studies More from this journal
Volume:
61
Issue:
2
Pages:
168-182
Publication date:
2022-06-24
Acceptance date:
2022-01-05
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EISSN:
2047-7236
ISSN:
0029-4586


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1229093
Local pid:
pubs:1229093
Deposit date:
2022-01-17

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