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Van, Treeck Christian. "La réception de Michel Houellebecq dans les pays germanophones." Aix-Marseille 1, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010AIX10062.
Full textPitault-Moreau, Aurélie. "L'Oeuvre de Michel Houellebecq : une observation critique de la société." Tours, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004TOUR2025.
Full textThe poetic and romantic work of Michel Houellebecq offers to the contemporary reader a perception desillusioned of its reality. Inherent social critiscim at its writings supposes an engaged attitude of the author. Its texts indeed distill theories on the apparition of evils related at the sexual liberation and the advent of liberalism. However, Michel Houellebecq does not seem to wish that the literature embraces a social function. Our work proposes to determine the degree of engagement of the author. We will confront the literary work of Houellebecq with the naturalist's theorie of Emile Zola. We will rest on the qualities that Zola waited of a novelist, i. E. To be an observer and an experimenter. The representation criticizes of the society engages the novelist towards a responsibility ; witness of its time, he's also compromised with it. But does Houellebecq assume really its role of public
Melo, Israel Victor de. "Imaginário cultural : árabes e muçulmanos em Submissão, de Michel Houellebecq." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UnB, 2018. http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/32256.
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Ao representar a complexidade social francesa, Michel Houellebecq caracteriza sujeitos sociais, o que pode possibilitar o conflito naquilo que concerne à relação de interação desses sujeitos numa realidade não-ficcional. A partir de seu romance Submissão (2015), analisamos as narrativas de tensão político-social entre personagens árabes e não árabes para, desse modo, revelar o imaginário circunscrito ao outro, à outra árabe, sobretudo, na tradição cultural e científica cujo fim é a dominação colonial. Para isso, nosso embasamento teórico-metodológico parte do campo da Imagologia – Marius-François Guyard (1951), Daniel-Henri Pageaux (1989, 2011), Celeste Ribeiro de Sousa (2004, 2009, 2011) – e dos estudos culturais – por meio dos pressupostos defendidos por Edward Said (1978,1993) e Homi Bhabha (1994). Assim, investigamos o modo como o Outro foi visto, imaginado e narrado na produção cultural literária.
En représentant la complexité sociale française, Michel Houellebecq caractérise des sujets sociaux, ce qui peut rendre possible le conflit en ce qui concerne la relation d'interaction de ces sujets dans une réalité non-fictive. À partir de son roman Soumission (2015), nous analysons les récits de tensions politiques-sociales entre les personnages arabes et non-arabes afin de révéler l'imaginaire circonscrit à l'autre arabe, notamment dans la tradition culturelle et scientifique dont le but est la domination coloniale. Pour cela, notre base théorique-méthodologique part du domaine de l’Imagologie – Marius-François Guyard (1951), Daniel-Henri Pageaux (1989, 2011), Celeste Ribeiro de Sousa (2004, 2009, 2011) – et des études culturelles – à l’aide des hypothèses défendues par Edward Said (1978,1993) et Homi Bhabha (1994). Ainsi, nous étudions la façon dont l'Autre a été vu, imaginé et raconté dans la production culturelle littéraire.
Lavigne, Jean-Baptiste. "Entre réaction et utopie : Michel Houellebecq ou le paradoxe postmoderne." Chambéry, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009CHAML013.
Full textThe work of Michel Houellebecq seems to be emblematic of the postmodern literary movement. Indeed, they both share the principle according to which this whole world is nothing but division, paradox and nonsense. Yet, if it is true that Houellebecq's poetic sets out to describe the story of a disappearing universe, it could not be confined to that. Indeed, a whole section of the latter tries to give back hope to the reader and to promise him reconstruction opportunities beyond postmodernity : towards a "post-postmodernity" within which humanity would be reconciled with itself as well as with the outside world. That programmatic speech first establishes itself through the narration of a futuristic universe, the description of a utopian system based on positivism and genetic manipulations : a promise of liberation for a humanity chained to its own inability to improve itself. Moreover, that social reconstruction project involves the radical criticism of our corrupt world, and, at the same time, the sanctification of a number of fundamental values inherent to modernity (love, family, etc. ) and symbolic of human community spirit. However, it is poetry which seems to be remedy to contemporary evils, for the poetic work, deprived of a manichaeism and free of intellectual and rational thoughts, finds itself able to offer the reader o post-logical universe within which paradoxes, sapping the postmodern world, have been transcended. Finally, that polysemous work therefore appears absurd, or, more precisely, postmodern, only in order to describe the monist universe into which it is thrown, in order to understand it better, so that it may be fought, and, possibly, overcome
Hladki, Pawel. "Système social et fiction : l’exemple de Michel Houellebecq et de Jerzy Pilch." Thesis, Paris 13, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA131031/document.
Full textSocial body, as a large connection of interdependent organisms, takes part in elaboration of a literary work, which is the product of three main subsystems: politico-economical (responsible for the adaptation to environmental conditions), cultural (concerning the maintenance of standards and values) and social (referring to integration). This analytical scheme, loosely based on the theory of Talcott Parsons, relates specifically to stories of Pilch and Houellebecq, whose stories,together with the world depicted, reveal the characteristics of the external context in which they were designed. The first part of this paper examines the tension between the economic system and political and fictional productions by Jerzy Pilch and Michel Houellebecq. This study aims to demonstrate how the social reality and the market determine the recording of certain thematic and formal concerns presented in the works of these two authors: the description of the appearance, thepresentation of interpersonal exchanges, the functioning of discursive symbols appropriate for the economy, and concerns about work. The second part deals with the influence of socio-historical changes on the maintenance of cultural patterns and restoration of traditional values. The main objective will be to determine the extent to which the moral revolution in France and the gradual Westernization of Polish society affects the concept of the family and the love relationships. The lastpart concerns the role of religion and identity in the process of social rootedness, and presents various ways of cutting off from the society
Boulade, Sophie. "Qui ? du roman. Henry Miller, Paul Auster, Michel Houellebecq." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018USPCA061.
Full textThe category of the novel of the whom? includes novels written by novelists who are not strictly contemporaries of each other, such as Henry Miller, Paul Auster and Michel Houellebecq. These novelists suggest a problematics of speech, marked by contradictory and ambiguous referential indices. They compensate the uncertainty of these indices by the stability they lend to the characters and because they want to be realistic: they write their novels clearly in their time and make their characters witnesses of this time. This duality - uncertainty of the status of the speech and realism - explains that the realistic spatial and temporal framework are linked by unstable games of enunciation and identity. This justifies the category of the “novel of the whom?” and allows Henry Miller, Paul Auster and Michel Houellebecq to read a problematic, that of speech, of the times evoked by these novels
Fustin, Ludivine. "Romanciers cyniques : Octave Mirbeau, Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, Michel Houellebecq." Thesis, Paris 4, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PA040011.
Full textThe antique and modern study of the novels by these three cynical writers aims at trying to portray a new authorial status in the history of nineteenth to twenty-first century literature : the status of the cynical novelist. First and foremost, the common thread of this research comes from the essential link between cynicism and truth. On the one hand, truth as historic truth is defined when cynicism (in its philosophical, psychological and ethical terms) is considered by these novelists as a novel material, in other words, a theme, a character, and an attitude, which exposes the reality of their respective century. On the other hand, truth as transhistorical truth is when they endeavour to unveil what mankind and world are. Cynicism comes therefore from the habit of truth-telling, the one that promotes the alethic aspect of the literary text and determines the content of the speech conveyed by the novel. Mirbeau, Drieu and Houellebecq novels have really definite horizons of their owns. But if I consider the common points to these three writers, I can say that this truth-telling process is a centre around which themes, narrative elements and writing processes gravitate. This strong involvement of cynicism in the literary space necessarily implies a singular connection to reality, therefore, it implies for the novelist both to handle carefully this melting of fiction and real-life experiences and to trigger a process of a honest and lucid disclosure towards literature itself. A cynical novelist must expose the weaknesses, the contradictions and even the quirks of literature in order to be as close as possible to what it really is
Oliveira, Denise Maria Hudson de. "O intelectual fracassado : uma análise dos personagens escritores em Angústia, de Graciliano Ramos, e em Extensão do domínio da luta, de Michel Houellebecq." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UnB, 2011. http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/9770.
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A dissertação analisa os protagonistas – personagens escritores – dos livros Angústia, de Graciliano Ramos, e de Extensão do domínio da luta, de Michel Houellebecq. As obras são aproximadas no que diz respeito à presença da intelectualidade, da valorização do saber e da forte insatisfação dos dois personagens com o mundo em que vivem, inclusive com as relações humanas. Essas e outras condições levam os protagonistas a universos conflituosos que misturam reflexão, insatisfação, angústia, desesperança e fracasso. Os dois livros, do ponto de vista das histórias narradas, são tristes e sofridos porque não possuem perspectivas; não há horizonte para os dois personagens. Esses pontos são abordados levando-se em conta que os autores das obras utilizaram-se de certos recursos muito semelhantes para criarem suas histórias, como a questão da aparência física e de um assassinato. Profissionais do jornalismo e da engenharia de redes de informática; e também criadores de textos literários, portanto intelectuais, os dois protagonistas são desamparados pelo saber e não são poupados do sentimento de fracasso. Com o poder econômico sendo o elemento-chave em cada uma dessas obras; o homem caminhando rumo à civilização, mas cada vez mais voltando a sua origem; a inversão de valores, o extraordinário avanço da tecnologia sobrepondo-se sobre nós e nos afastando de nós mesmos e dos outros, diante ainda da ausência de um horizonte que conforte e que faça valer o nosso conhecimento adquirido ao longo da história humana, indagamos: não estará de volta, esteticamente, um novo fracassado, um novo incapacitado para viver? Eis uma hipótese. É preciso um trabalho extenso e intenso para respondê-la e prová-la. O que podemos afirmar, é que a conjuntura e o contexto mundial ocidental demonstram que para a existência de uma nova gama de personagens fracassados o “terreno” é bem propício. _______________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT
This dissertation analyzes the protagonists – writers characters – from Graciliano Ramos' Angústia, and Michel Houellebecq's Extensão do domínio da luta. The works have in common the presence of intellectuality, the appreciation of knowledge, and the strong dissatisfaction of both characters regarding the world they live in, including human relations. These and other conditions lead the protagonists to conflicting worlds that mix reflection, dissatisfaction, anguish, hopelessness, and failure. The two books, from the narrative point of view, tell about sadness and suffering, because there are no perspectives; there is no horizon for the two characters. These issues are discussed taking into account that both authors made use of very similar features to create their stories, such as the physical appearance and a murder. Journalists and computer engineers; and also literary texts creators, thus intellectuals, both protagonists become helpless by knowledge and are not spared by the feeling of failure. With the economic power being the key element in each of these works; the man walking towards civilization, but increasingly returning to their origin; the inversion of values, the extraordinary advancement of technology superimposing on us, and taking us away from ourselves and from others, and yet before the absence of a horizon that comforts us and makes our acquired knowledge throughout human history worth, we wonder: aesthetically, will not be back a new loser, a new unable to live life? Here's a hypothesis. It takes an extensive and intensive work to answer it and confirm it. What we can say is that the Western world context and situation show that the ground is very friendly and supportive to the existence of a new range of loser-type characters.
Campbell, Françoise. "Pursuing the impossible : the ambivalence of utopia in the novels of Michel Houellebecq." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018USPCC331.
Full textThis thesis examines utopian representations in the novels of Michel Houellebecq. Moving beyond previous definitions of Houellebecq’s utopias as either utopian, dystopian, or anti-utopian, it explores the ways in which the reading of ambivalence may provide the means for a re-evaluation of these works, in line with critical trends in the utopian genre. In doing so, this thesis seeks to show that beyond the depiction of Western decline that these texts are typically known for, one of the driving questions of Houellebecq’s writing is how to imagine a way out of our current bind.Focussing on a corpus of seven primary texts, comprising Houellebecq’s six novels and one novella, this thesis analyses the role of ambivalence across four key aspects of Houellebecq’s utopian representation: space, rhetoric, ideology, and form. In doing so, it draws on the critical utopian theory of Louis Marin, Fredric Jameson, Ernst Bloch and Tom Moylan to provide the methodological framework for the identification and interpretation of utopian ambivalence in the corpus. Through this line of enquiry, this thesis demonstrates the potential for reading Houellebecq’s utopias as critical reflections on utopian desire and imagination within the context of our contemporary society, and, in doing so, it illustrates how the study of ambivalence offers a greater understanding of Houellebecq’s texts as complex literary and social products. As such, this thesis argues for the understanding of Houellebecq’s novels as complex and ambivalent portrayals of utopianism. By proposing an interpretation of Houellebecq’s utopian paradigms that is not necessarily limited to the reading of anti-utopianism and despair, this thesis thus provides a comprehensive demonstration of the complexity by which Houellebecq foregrounds the contingency of utopian desire, through his representations. In this way, this thesis shows how, by pursuing the impossible, Houellebecq’s writing offers an extension of utopia’s critical function, bringing the reader face to face with the limits of their own utopian imagination while portraying the continued desire for utopian pursuits
Brandão, Gandhia Vargas. "Literatura e pós-modernidade : "produtos" do capitalismo no romance Extensão do domínio da luta, de Michel Houellebecq." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UnB, 2008. http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/1182.
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Esta pesquisa concentra-se na investigação do entrelaçamento dos temas: pósmodernidade, capitalismo, civilização, identidade e esquizofrenia com alguns exemplos da produção literária contemporânea, mais especificamente aquela que trata do sujeito contemporâneo como resultado da efervescência de acontecimentos do século XX. Esta literatura é representada neste trabalho por Extensão do domínio da luta (HOUELLEBECQ, 1994/2004), obra do escritor francês Michel Houellebecq, primeiro romance publicado do autor, que constitui o corpo de análise desta pesquisa. Os demais romances de Houellebecq, Partículas elementares (1998/1999), Plataforma (2001/2002) e A possibilidade de uma ilha (2005/2006) são explorados como reforçadores de conceitos, já que funcionam como universos extensivos em que as idéias de Extensão do domínio da luta aparecem. Para tanto, vemos primeiramente o que se diz da época atual, amparados por pensadores como Jean-François Lyotard, Fredric Jameson, David Harvey e Linda Hutcheon. Logo depois, amparados por Michel Foucault, Friedrich Nietzsche e Roland Barthes, traçamos panorama da expressão artística desde o início da idade moderna até a contemporaneidade. Em seguida, amparados por Eric Hobsbawn, nos aprofundamos nesse campo, ressaltando a evolução do sistema econômico capitalista e suas relações com a arte e a literatura com o objetivo de compreender os elos existentes entre a contemporaneidade e o capitalismo. Por último, amparados por Gilles Deleuze e Félix Guattari, como contraponto da teoria psicanalítica freudiana, destacamos uma das conseqüências do modo de vida capitalista, a esquizofrenia – de efeitos não muito animadores por um lado, mas libertários por outro –, é advinda da negação que o sistema capitalista impõe ao ser humano de sua complexidade. No tocante à literatura, este estudo pretende situá-la entre modernidade e pósmodernidade, levantando algumas possibilidades de compreensão por meio da relação com outras categorias de texto, tais como o ensaio. _________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT
This research focuses on the investigation of the interlacement among the topics: post-modernity, capitalism, civilization, identity, schizophrenia and some examples of the contemporary literature production, mainly that which concerns the contemporary man as a result of the twentieth century. This literature is represented here by Extensão do domínio da luta (HOUELLEBECQ, 1994/2004), first novel of Michel Houellebecq, which is the analysis corpus of this research. The other Houellebecq’s novels: Partículas elementares (1998/1999), Plataforma (2001/2002) and A possibilidade de uma ilha (2005/2006) are explored as concept reinforcers because they work as extensive universes in which the ideas of Extensão do domínio da luta appear. Firstly, there is a discussion about our contemporary world. This discussion is supported by the theories of thinkers such as Jean-François Lyotard, Fredric Jameson, David Harvey and Linda Hutcheon. Then, supported by the ideas of Michel Foucault, Friedrich Nietzsche and Roland Barthes, there is a panorama of the artistic expression since the beginning of modern age up to our contemporary age. After that, supported by Eric Hobsbawn, we go deeper in this subject, reinforcing the evolution of the capitalist economical system and its relations to art and literature with the objective of understanding the links between the contemporary age and capitalism. Finally, supported by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, as a counterpoint to Freud’s psychoanalysis, one of the capitalist lifestyle consequences is remarked: schizophrenia. That, with not very exciting effects but on the other hand a freedom giver, comes from the human’s attitude, imposed by the capitalist system, of denying its own complexity. In relation to literature, this work intends to place it among modernity and postmodernity making some possibilities of comprehension arise through the association of it with other categories of text, such as the critical essay.
Book chapters on the topic "Houellebecq, Michel, 1956-"
Atallah, Marc. "Le souhait secret d’une verticalité – l’œuvre de Michel Houellebecq : entre modernité et postmodernité." In Les Dieux cachés de la science fiction française et francophone (1950- 2010), 103–10. Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/books.pub.12321.
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