Narration de la subjectivité, ou Comment s'atteindre

Abstract

The Narration of subjectivityor How to catch up to myself Poised, pencil in hand, to write, (Drapeau) feels uncertain, released by the battles of those before her, but immobilised by her past. Writing implies an elongation ofbeing. The problematic ofsubjectivity weaves its way through Drapeau's book, N'entendre qu'un son, in which fragments of narrative reveal the female character, designated by the pronoun 'you' (second person plural, vous) to the reader and to the female character herself. The 'you' is amelange ofT and'she', and her identity remains fluid and permits the writer to identify with all her readers. The discouraging voices of the past and the relation to the maternal figure must be battled through the text, which shows that for certain women the battle is still to be fought. The young writer searches for a territory which she does not find; subjectivity still eludes her.