L’île chez Christian Gailly et Christian Oster : reconnaissance ou méconnaissance du territoire insulaire?

Abstract

In Christian Gailly and Christian Oster’s novels, the island is depicted through a double approach, consisting of resorting to the stereotypes associated with insular territories in Western imagination, while displaying their limitations. By accepting the precept of the impossibility of apprehending the territory, these novelists invite us to reread the island through a movement of recognition of the world, advocating a look through the prism of its fixed and traditional representations.

Keywords

• island
• Christian Gailly
• Christian Oster
• stereotypes
• representation