@article{ART002006711},
author={Choung-Kwon Kang},
title={Phases of alienation in Le Torrent by Anne Hébert},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2015},
volume={39},
pages={7-32},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2015.39..7}
TY - JOUR
AU - Choung-Kwon Kang
TI - Phases of alienation in Le Torrent by Anne Hébert
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2015
VL - 39
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 7
EP - 32
SN - 1598-0685
AB - In 1950, Anne Hébert published Le Torrent, a collection of seven short stories. These stories containing many shocking themes and expressions have placed her one of the pioneers of modern novels in Quebec.
This paper tries to analyze several phases of alienation described in the novels and the reactions of alienated caracters in their situation.
Some examples of alienated and mentally or physically deformed characters in Le Torrent are François, Stéphanie, Stella, etc. Although the author wanted readers to interpret these characters on ther individual level, this paper interprets them differently. The result of this study is as following.
Alienation doesn’t come from one’s interior but his exterior. Society and history are major agents of alienation. The injustice of life imposed on the caracters results from political and religious underdevelopment, cultural lowness, absence of social security system and of universal education at that time.
The conquest of Quebec by England left a deep and historical wound on the French Canadians. This fact is, in my opinion, one of the essential themes of Anne Hébert’s novels.
In spite of all these alienating situations, the reactions showed by the caracters of the novels are limited to escapist illusion, self-destruction, mistaken revenge, eternal submission, etc.
In conclusion, Le Torrent by Anne Hébert which deeply approached themes of violence and alienation could be called authentic landscape of the inner world of Quebecois before ‘la Revolution tranquille.’
KW - Anne Hébert;Le Torrent;alienation;deformation;illusion;self-destruction
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2015.39..7
ER -
Choung-Kwon Kang. (2015). Phases of alienation in Le Torrent by Anne Hébert. Cross-Cultural Studies, 39, 7-32.
Choung-Kwon Kang. 2015, "Phases of alienation in Le Torrent by Anne Hébert", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.39, pp.7-32. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2015.39..7
Choung-Kwon Kang "Phases of alienation in Le Torrent by Anne Hébert" Cross-Cultural Studies 39 pp.7-32 (2015) : 7.
Choung-Kwon Kang. Phases of alienation in Le Torrent by Anne Hébert. 2015; 39 7-32. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2015.39..7
Choung-Kwon Kang. "Phases of alienation in Le Torrent by Anne Hébert" Cross-Cultural Studies 39(2015) : 7-32.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2015.39..7
Choung-Kwon Kang. Phases of alienation in Le Torrent by Anne Hébert. Cross-Cultural Studies, 39, 7-32. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2015.39..7
Choung-Kwon Kang. Phases of alienation in Le Torrent by Anne Hébert. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2015; 39 7-32. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2015.39..7
Choung-Kwon Kang. Phases of alienation in Le Torrent by Anne Hébert. 2015; 39 7-32. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2015.39..7
Choung-Kwon Kang. "Phases of alienation in Le Torrent by Anne Hébert" Cross-Cultural Studies 39(2015) : 7-32.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2015.39..7
