En quête des mystères de la mémoire sensorielle : manipuler la mémoire affective. Le cas de « Sauvée » de Guy de Maupassant
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2022
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Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Wydawnictwo Werset
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Connaisseur de la psychologie humaine, Maupassant va plus loin encore : il se lance dans l’exploration de l’inconscient en s’interrogeant sur des zones obscures du psychisme. Le conte « Sauvée » inscrit ce questionnement au cœur de la représentation de la mémoire sensorielle involontaire. Le récit mettant en intrigue le ressouvenir sensuel, sollicité à des fins de séduction manipulatrice, l’effet anecdotique de l’aventure rocambolesque masque des niveaux de complexité du sens dépassant la légèreté de l’anecdote. Cet article examine la façon dont le texte travaille les scènes de ressouvenir qui s’articulent en interrelation entre la sphère des sens, le sensoriel et le sensuel, le comportement impulsif, les facteurs socioculturels et l’actualité scientifique, formant un réseau complexe dont les modalités de l’écriture maupassantienne approfondissent le sens.
As a fine observer of human psychology, Maupassant now goes even further. He plunges into the unconscious and the mystery of psyche. Maupassant’s inquiry is at work in the short story “Sauvée” narrating an episode of triggering involuntary sensory memory. The author leads us to an examination of the mechanics of forced sensual memory retrieval as a manoeuvre used in a manipulative seduction scheme. The amusing effect of the seemingly simple anecdotal storyline conceals the depth of meaning that surpasses the simplicity of the anecdote. This article discusses the way in which the provoked memory recollection scenes are depicted, by looking at how meaning is conveyed through a network of various psycho-sociocultural ‘factors’ at play: the sphere of senses involving sensory and sensual systems participation, impulsive behaviour, sociocultural context and the influence of relevant scientific theories known in 19th century France, while Maupassant’s writing style and technique give the text its complexity.
As a fine observer of human psychology, Maupassant now goes even further. He plunges into the unconscious and the mystery of psyche. Maupassant’s inquiry is at work in the short story “Sauvée” narrating an episode of triggering involuntary sensory memory. The author leads us to an examination of the mechanics of forced sensual memory retrieval as a manoeuvre used in a manipulative seduction scheme. The amusing effect of the seemingly simple anecdotal storyline conceals the depth of meaning that surpasses the simplicity of the anecdote. This article discusses the way in which the provoked memory recollection scenes are depicted, by looking at how meaning is conveyed through a network of various psycho-sociocultural ‘factors’ at play: the sphere of senses involving sensory and sensual systems participation, impulsive behaviour, sociocultural context and the influence of relevant scientific theories known in 19th century France, while Maupassant’s writing style and technique give the text its complexity.
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Guy de Maupassant, mémoire involontaire, mémoire sensorielle et affective, remémoration provoquée, stimuli évocateurs, séduction manipulatrice, involuntary sensory memory, affective memory, memory triggers, manipulative seduction
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"Quêtes littéraires" 2022, nº 12, s. 47-59