An Awkward Aesthetic: The Obscure Narratives of Marguerite Duras

• Main Authors: Ying-Chieh Lee, 李盈潔
• Other Authors: Duncan Chesney
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3e45a9

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 外國語文學研究所 === 106 === This study examines Marguerite Duras’s distinctive style in terms of the unresolved issues of the inexpressive desire and trauma of women by drawing attention to her polymorphic narrative strategies. With attention to the characteristics critical to écriture féminine exhibited in the author’s work, the study attempts to offer an alternative reading of Duras that explains how the strategies applied are indispensable to the author’s representation of the uneasy emotions lurking underneath the regulated social environment. This study looks into a range of selected texts from Duras, including the early pieces such as Moderato Cantabile, Dix Heures et demie du soir en été, and the much discussed India Cycle consisting of Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein, Le Vice-Consul, and the film India Song. Examples found in these significant texts provide us a perspective onto this complex network of desire, female expression, and the question of representation of personal suffering Duras has managed to create via her extensive oeuvre.