Le désert, entre euphorie et dysphorie : une poétique de l’espace paradoxal

Abstract EN

The quest for the desert, in the novel's texts, appears at first as a flight away from the world, far from noise, to seek and try to find oneself in its true identity.

The unusual desert space, without landmarks, without limits, is a place of trials as opposed to certain romantic visions.

Of course, the desert is painful to live, to bear.

It incarnates the space of discomfort and vertigo; It is a source of danger and suffering, but paradoxically it is the symbol of refuge, serenity and happiness.

Overall, our study tries to demonstrate the paradoxical phenomenon of the desert: being euphoric and dysphoric at the same time.

Euphoria and dysphoria are present but not as juxtaposed predicates, which would give thymic antitheses.

This is not a narrative transformation from an initial euphoric state to a final dysphoric state or vice versa.

But, euphoria and dysphoria are manifested at the same time.