Une identite en deroute : le cas de john clare

"routed identity, the case of john clare

• Auteur / Autrice : JAMILA BOUGDIM
• Direction : Simone Rozenberg
• Type : Thèse de doctorat
• Discipline(s) : Études anglaises
• Date : Soutenance en 1991
• Etablissement(s) : Paris 7

Résumé

La creation litteraire de john clare est nee de sa propre experience, sa source d'inspiration jaillit naturellement de sa douleur, de sa souffrance et des annees de lutte et de dechirement. Le sentiment d'insecurite le hantait en l'entrenant dans de longues periodes de prostration. Son univers s'est effondre en meme temps que son equilibre psychologique. Ceci va etre a l'origine de son divorce avec la societe et donner naissance a une exacerbation du processus identitaire. Identite qu'il n'a cesse de cherhcer durant toute son existence. La plupart des ecrits du poete posent l'eternelle interrogation: "qui suis-je?

The litterary creation of john clare is born from own experience, his source of inspiration spings mainly from his suffering, and the years of struggle, wrench and heartbreak. The feeling of insecurity haunts him entailling him in long period of depression. His univers has totaly been collapsed at the same time as his psychological equilibrium, which gives birth to a kind of discord. Feeling with the world and his feeling of identity. Identity which he has not give seeking since his early childhood and even to his maturity. Theleitmotiv of his whole writings is about the question "whom i am?".