Les adolescents dans l'oeuvre romanesque d'Andre Gide.

The adolescents in Gide's writings evolve in a manner parallel to that of their author and the genres he uses. His first work the lyrical Cahiers d'Andre Walter, is the diary of an introspective puritanical romantic youth. It is a self-centered work and no details " of human relationship are given. The "traites" which follow, present disembodied stylised adolescents whom Gide seems to be using with a cathartic intention, though with variable degrees of success. One of the effects of the autobiographical "recit", la Porte etroite, is apparently to set him free from his feeling of guilt towards his wife; reconstructing his past in the form of a psycho-drama, he makes his wife responsible for the failure of their union. So far, he has illustrated the effects' of a constrictive puritanical religion on his adolescents.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

French Language and Literature

Year dc:date.issued

1982

Author dc:creator

• Wynchank, Anny

Language dc:language.iso

fre

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9927

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9927