Abstract
The darker the night, the brighter the day: “the beauty of the world’s nights” by Marguerite Duras Night-time, the favorite time of awakening for Marguerite Duras, has an ambivalent status. In a colorful game, the sleepless night changes from white to black, from bright to dark. Rather than a standstill or loss of time, the night without sleep offers a spectacular acceleration and intensification. Since the night acts as a catalyst, insomnia confronts the characters to their inescapable fate. Staying awake becomes an act of resistance, for both, characters and author. Therefore, insomnia emphasizes emptiness and inaction, and transforms loss into creation and fulfillment. Which means that insomnia is more than a physical phenomenon: it acquires a metaphysical dimension in Marguerite Duras’s work.
Highlights
Night-time, the favorite time of awakening for Marguerite Duras, has an ambivalent status
Dans le même ordre d’idées, la nuit devient la scène de phénomènes météorologiques, comme l’orage et la pluie, qui entravent les projets des personnages dans Dix heures et demie du soir en été
Une toute-puissance qui séduit aussi Marguerite Duras elle-même, pour qui la nuit représente le temps de la création littéraire : « La délivrance, c’est quand la nuit commence à s’installer
Summary
Night-time, the favorite time of awakening for Marguerite Duras, has an ambivalent status. L’expression signifie aussi être ren v ers é, comme si la nuit était vaincue par le jour, alors que c’est elle qui l’emporte toujours en fin de journée.
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