Senses of the South

Jacques Pothier (1) , Géraldine Chouard

1 SUDS - Suds d'Amériques, Espaces Atlantiques

Exiled in the Massachusetts winter, Southerner Quentin Compson finds himself repeatedly assaulted by the uncomprehending inquisitiveness of his fellow students. As his roommate, a Canadian, collaborates with him telling fact from legend about the larger than life legendary figure of Thomas Sutpen, he tries to get a sense of the region: What is it? Something you live and breathe in like air? A kind of vacuum filled with wraithlike and indomitable anger and pride and glory at and in happenings that occurred and ceased fifty years ago? (Absalom, Absalom!, 289) Over twenty years ago, in "William Faulkner: à vue de nez", Paul Carmignani focused on the sense of smell in Faulkner by emphasizing that while due attention had been paid to the senses of gazing and hearing, the other three senses deserved as much attention.

Mots clés: South; senses

Mots clés: Sud: sens

Domaines: Littératures

Jacques Pothier, Géraldine Chouard (Dir.). Senses of the South. revues.org, 2012. ⟨halshs-00769870⟩