Mémoire censurée et mémoire authentique dans « Le journal » de Mihail Sebastian

Abstract

The present paper proposes a reinterpretation of Mihail Sebastian’s diary from the perspective of its footnotes in which the editor preserved many expressions and phrases that were suppressed in the officially authorized text. By paying attention to the author’s own corrections, we can notice a constant alternation of meanings, options and circumstances. Moreover, the reader of this text is most fortunate to be witness to the construction of the author’s discourse. Highly informative, the supresseed phrases and expressions often communicate much more than what the author may have intended and increase the authenticity of the whole text.

Keywords

• memory
• diary
• censorship
• authenticity
• failed act.memory
• failed act.