Le concept de la religiosité dans l’œuvre d’Aharon Appelfeld à travers le personnage féminin

Abstract

The subject matter of the article is the concept of religiosity as figures in Appelfeld’s narration and it’s relationships with Hassidism. This question is examined mostly on the basis of three of his novels: Katerina, Flowers of Darkness and A Perfect Life, with extensions to few more, on paying a special attention to feminine protagonists, Jewish as well as Catholics. According to the article, Appelfeld has created a new type of Judaism, a primitive one, which is totally disconnected of any social or religious institution. This “new” religion whose nature is somewhat mystical, is mainly based on the idea of pantheism on one hand and contemplation on the other and from these points of view, it is quite related to the main characteristics of the Hassidism even if non-Jewish might also take part in it’s very special experience.

Keywords

• hasidism
• religiosity
• women
• novel characters
• literature
• Appelfeld Aharon (1932-)