Les mobilisations de l'avant-garde littéraire française en mai 1968

Gobille, Boris

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“…That’s why we young people were tolerated a bit in Djahidhia.’ 4 In a context of political crisis, it is difficult to determine the origin of rumours, and therefore impossible to conclude whether Ouettar supported the Islamist movement at the time. However, this objective shift, which brought him closer to the Islamists, allowed Ouettar to take advantage, like Sartre did in 1968 France, of a ‘cross-relegitimation’ (Gobille, 2005). A new generation of Arabophone writers, younger than those supporting Boudjedra, started to support Ouettar, and often reminisced sympathetically of Ouettar.…”

Section: Towards Political Strategies: From the Left To Islamismmentioning

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Literary and political strategies in a literary field: The case of Tahar Ouettar

Leperlier¹

2020

The Sociological Review

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This article aims to show the relationship writers have with politics, especially in historical circumstances where the literary field enjoys little autonomy. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory, I use the notion of strategy as a middle point between deterministic and ‘rational choice’ explanations of political stances. For writers, politics can be the continuation of literature by other means. The case under study is the shift of Algerian writer Tahar Ouettar from the left to supporting Islamists during the 1990s civil war. I argue that an explanation of this shift should not rely solely on social provenance, or on opportunism, but rather on his ‘strategic’ attempt to regain a central position in the Algerian literary field. In a civil war context where all literary acts are perceived as political, it was his competition with other main writers such as Rachid Boudjedra, who happened to be anti-Islamist, that led him to support the opposite side. Beyond just the writer’s relative position in the Algerian literary field, the specific structuring of the field (bilingual and transnational) also helps to understand the strategies developed by this writer.

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Section: Towards Political Strategies: From the Left To Islamismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Literary and political strategies in a literary field: The case of Tahar Ouettar

Leperlier¹

2020

The Sociological Review

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“…Radicalités esthétiques, politiques et théoriques L'impulsion donnée à la production théorique en littérature par des groupes comme celui de la revue Tel Quel, fondée en 1960 par Jean Edern-Hallier et Philippe Sollers et la manière dont ces groupes témoignent de la place occupée par le label « théorique » dans les espaces intellectuels entre les années 1960 et 1970 est indéniable (voir par exemple Condé, 1981 ;Forest, 1995 ;Kauppi, 1990 Gobille, 2005aGobille, et 2005b 17 « Langage, sens, poésie : les transformations du langage poétique à la fin du xix e siècle dans les oeuvres de Lautréamont et de Mallarmé » : le titre de la thèse annonçait un contenu à la fois théorique et historique, général et particulier. Kristeva fit un bref résumé de ses principales conceptions.…”

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Making theory to make science? Scientific models and theoretical production in literary studies in France (1960-1972)

Dumont¹

2017

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Faire théorie pour faire science ? Modèles scientifiques et production théorique dans les études littéraires en France (1960-1972) Lucile Dumont Doctorante en sociologie, EHESS, Centre européen de sociologie et de science politique (CESSP) Résumé L'article interroge la manière dont la production théorique a pu être conçue comme un outil de scientisation des études littéraires en France dans les années 1960 et 1970. L'émergence des méthodes structurales engage des réflexions sur la scientificité dans les sciences humaines, prolongées dans la sémiologie développée autour de Roland Barthes. La question de la science traverse ensuite les débats sur le rôle de la critique littéraire. La fin des années 1960 marque le passage à une radicalité esthétique

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“…We can draw a parallel here with directors who took sides during the May 1968 uprisings(Mariette 2008b), but also with writers(Gobille 2005). 14 J.-F. Richet quoted by C.Masson (1998 , comments recorded by) "Commitment Through the Work of Art," "Commitment Through the Name"…”

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“Commitment Through the Work of Art,” “Commitment Through the Name”: The Case of French Directors of “Social Films” in the 1990s–2000s

Mariette

2010

Int J Polit Cult Soc

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What is the commitment of left-leaning artists and intellectuals in a context where the legitimacy of politics and party activism is being called into question? The analysis of the case of the French directors who have made films dealing with social issues in the 1990s-2000s shows the complexity of the boundaries between art and politics and of the possible modes of commitment through their works and/or their name. Some directors who have made one or several films dealing with the working classes in France in this period have been associated with the label "social cinema" by the critic, as well as social scientists or "anti-globalization" activists. Despite the differences in their social and professional backgrounds, they all have in common the rejection of this label, opposing "social cinema" to artistic recognition and carefully distinguishing their artwork from commitment. In order to stabilize their careers and meet professional success, they often have to move from working class issues to more valued topics and from a realistic aesthetic to a more distinguished one. They mostly commit their names for the defence of the "independence of cinema" and for humanitarian causes, rather for more overtly political or partisan issues. More generally, this case study illustrates the forms and repertoires of commitment open to artists and intellectuals in the 1990s-2000s, showing how they try to use their professional skills and resources (including their notoriety) in the service of certain causes without jeopardizing their artistic autonomy, by distancing themselves both from partisan politics and from "commercial cinema."

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Les mobilisations de l'avant-garde littéraire française en mai 1968

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Literary and political strategies in a literary field: The case of Tahar Ouettar

Literary and political strategies in a literary field: The case of Tahar Ouettar

Making theory to make science? Scientific models and theoretical production in literary studies in France (1960-1972)

“Commitment Through the Work of Art,” “Commitment Through the Name”: The Case of French Directors of “Social Films” in the 1990s–2000s

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