The Paris Métro and urban experience in Annie Ernaux’s Journal du dehors and Céline Curiol’s Voix sans issue

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  • Mirka Ahonen University of Turku

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58221/mosp.v109i2.7918

Keywords:

Annie Ernaux, Céline Curiol, the Paris Métro, urban experience, Marc Augé, non-place

Abstract

According to Marc Augé, contemporary urban life generates non-places, meaningless spaces of transit and anonymity. I discuss the form taken by the idea of the non-place in contemporary representations of the Paris Métro, with a focus on women’s urban experiences in Annie Ernaux’s Journal du dehors and Céline Curiol’s Voix sans issue. I argue that there are no fixed non-places; the experience of place is always subjective. The Métro can be seen momentarily as a non-place when it reflects the character’s state of mind, but it can also be a meaningful place, connected to the character’s identity and history.

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Published

2015-12-17

How to Cite

Ahonen, M. (2015). The Paris Métro and urban experience in Annie Ernaux’s Journal du dehors and Céline Curiol’s Voix sans issue. Moderna Språk, 109(2), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.58221/mosp.v109i2.7918

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