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Kundera : d’une Europe l’autre
| Resumo: | If there is one writer who has crystallized the recent history of the Old World, Milan Kundera appears as one the most imposing characters in contemporary literature. As a scion of Eastern European identity, he speaks for a Europe resting on cultural paradigms, remote from the operational theater of a European Union, engulfed in its bureaucratic meanders. Thus, he pleads for an Eastern Europe paired to its Western counterpart, through a poignant novel, “The Joke”, which resonates like a European hymn where laughter and humor are used as powerful antidotes to the imperialistic desires of Russia. His article published in 1983 in Le Débat, turns out to be a formidable European plea against the Russian attempt to subdue Eastern Europe under its authority. In a word, Kundera incarnates the saving breath of a Europe unwilling to die. |
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| Assunto: | identité Kundera civilization Europe civilisation identity culture |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | journal article |
| Tipo de acesso: | Aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Carnets, Revista Electrónica de Estudos Franceses |
| Idioma: | francês |
| Origem: | Carnets, Revista Electrónica de Estudos Franceses |
| Resumo: | If there is one writer who has crystallized the recent history of the Old World, Milan Kundera appears as one the most imposing characters in contemporary literature. As a scion of Eastern European identity, he speaks for a Europe resting on cultural paradigms, remote from the operational theater of a European Union, engulfed in its bureaucratic meanders. Thus, he pleads for an Eastern Europe paired to its Western counterpart, through a poignant novel, “The Joke”, which resonates like a European hymn where laughter and humor are used as powerful antidotes to the imperialistic desires of Russia. His article published in 1983 in Le Débat, turns out to be a formidable European plea against the Russian attempt to subdue Eastern Europe under its authority. In a word, Kundera incarnates the saving breath of a Europe unwilling to die. |
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