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Den självutnämnde martyren - Våldets och religionens roller i skildringen av aidssjukdom i Hervé Guiberts självbiografiska roman À l’ami qui ne m’a pas sauvé la vie

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Author

  • Felix Krausz Sjögren

Summary, in English

In the semi-autobiographical "À l’ami qui ne m’a pas sauvé la vie" Hervé Guibert writes, as one of the first in France, publicly about his AIDS. He reveals, among other things, that the philosopher Michel Foucault died in the same disease. Guibert became famous for this betrayal but also due to. his very honest description of living with this death sentence. In the paper I look closer at how Guibert does this in using metaphors of violence and religious symbols. I apply the reasoning in Susan Sontags famous essays about metaphors surrounding disease on Guibert and juxtapose his application against hers. Where she wants to discard the metaphor of violence, he embraces it as a way of making himself a stronger subject. The religion is used by Guibert as a tool in order to, in a more bearable way, get closer to death and look it in the eye.

Publishing year

2024

Language

Swedish

Document type

Student publication for Bachelor's degree

Topic

  • Languages and Literatures

Keywords

  • Hervé Guibert
  • Guibert
  • AIDS
  • HIV
  • Frankrike
  • Foucault
  • självbiografi
  • våldsmetafor
  • religiösa symboler
  • våld
  • religion
  • 1980-tal
  • 1990-talet
  • Paris
  • cancer

Supervisor

  • Erik Zillén (Associate Professor)