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Des histoires d’amours perdus: Une étude comparative de deux romans d’amour de jeunesse : L’Amant et Arrête avec tes mensonges
Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning.
2025 (French)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Stories of lost loves : A comparative study of two novels of young love: The Lover and Lie with me (English)
Abstract [fr]

Dans ce mémoire deux romans d’amour de jeunesse sont étudiés, L’Amant de Marguerite Duras et Arrête avec tes mensonges de Philippe Besson. Ce sont deux romans qui se déroulent dans deux époques et milieux différents mais qui décrivent le premier amour, avec une voix narrative auto-expérimentée (dans le mémoire nous les traitons comme des ouvrages d’autofiction). Le but de notre étude est de comparer les deux ouvrages, à partir de la notion d’intertextualité, et d’étudier s’il y a des rapports entre les deux textes. Nous utilisons les termes itérabilité et présupposition comme outils d’analyse. Notre étude se focalise à la fois sur les sous-thèmes récurrents et les motifs utilisés. La conclusion du mémoire est qu’il y a des sous-thèmes et motifs communs et que ceux-ci reproduisent la notion d’amour de jeunesse. Nous constatons aussi qu’il y a des rapports entre les textes : le texte de Besson exprime clairement des liens avec celui de Duras.

Abstract [en]

In this paper two novels of young love are studied, namely The Lover (L’Amant) by Marguerite Duras and Lie with me (Arrête avec tes mensonges) by Philippe Besson. These novels take place in two different times and places, but they are stories that describe the first love, with a narrative voice of self-experience (in the paper they are treated as works of autofiction). The aim of the study is to compare the two works, with the notion of intertextuality as a starting-point, and to study if any links between the two texts can be found. The terms iterability and presupposition are used as tools in the analysis of the texts. The study focuses on both recurring sub-themes and motifs used. The conclusion of the study is that there are common sub-themes and motifs and that these are reproducing the notion of young love. It is also found that there are links between the texts: the text by Besson clearly expresses links to the text by Duras.

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2025.
Keywords [en]
Marguerite Duras, Philippe Besson, Autofiction, Young love, Intertextuality
Keywords [fr]
Marguerite Duras, Philippe Besson, Autofiction, Amour de jeunesse, Intertexualité
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Languages and Literature
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-51101OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-51101DiVA, id: diva2:1990943
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French
Available from: 2025-08-21 Created: 2025-08-21 Last updated: 2025-10-09

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