![]() ![]() His remarks tend to define him as an author interested in present times, who uses humour in order to criticize society’s flaws or to describe its peculiarities and who promotes in his writings the aesthetics of celebration. The writer has even created a coherent self-portrait, which he has barely changed throughout his career. Nevertheless, Tournier has sometimes revealed information concerning his personality in his essays or when giving interviews. After the failure experienced with Vent Paraclet (1977) -his intellectual autobiography that reinforced his little interest for this genrehe reaffirms his refusal of this writing style through two of this most recent works’ titles, Journal extime (2002) and Je m'avance masqué (2011). Tournier insists on the fictional nature of his works and strongly contradicts critics who attempt to find in his life the models that he used in order to create literary characters. He highlights the contrast between the “inward-looking” writers and the fictional writers, maintaining that he is one of the latter. Summary/Abstract: Michel Tournier has always expressed his lack of interest in writings of intimacy and denies having found inspiration in his own life. Published by: Editura Alma Mater Keywords: autobiographical refusal Michel Tournier self-narration ambiguity gap between being and claiming complex portrait ![]() Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies Michel Tournier and the two-sided mirror Author(s): Mathilde Bataillé Michel Tournier et « le miroir à deux faces » : portrait oblique d’un écrivain au croisement du dire et de l’être ![]()
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