Elizabeth Bittencourt

O “Marescrito” de Marguerite Duras é “ancestral”?

Introduction

O “marescrito” de marguerite duras é “ancestral”? . Explore os significados ancestrais e psicanalíticos do mar na escrita de Marguerite Duras. Conectando infância, sonhos e o feminino, este estudo revela a profundidade do 'Marescrito'.

Abstract

Baseando-se em estudos freudianos e lacanianos, este artigo pretende descrever um panorama das origens dos significados do mar na escrita de Marguerite Duras. Sem dúvida, é o mar de sua infância, já que ela nasceu à beira mar, à beira rio. Mas é muito mais: o mar provém de seus sonhos, é um desconhecido, vem de longe. Vem do “umbigo do sonho”. Em seus deslocamentos e condensações, o mar produz uma escrita feita de buracos, lacunas que não se preenchem, mas que seduzem o leitor. É um mar na “alíngua”, prenhe de “restos”, traços, lituras a serem decifrados. É, ainda, um mar feminino, onde mora Yemanjá, mar selvagem, erotizado. Assim, o mar de Duras atravessa os continentes e os invade com sua imagem que não se submete à representação, mas que, por outras palavras, cria outras verdades. Um mar ancestral que traduz as ameaças que a mãe Gaia vem sofrendo. Palavras-chave: Mar-sonho. Infância. Escrita. Ancestral. AbstractBased on Freudian and Lacanian studies, this article aims to describe an overview of the origins of the meanings of the sea in the Marguerite Duras’ writing. Undoubtedly, it is the sea of her childhood, as she was born by the seaside, by the riverbank. But it is much more: the sea comes from her dreams, it is an unknown entity, coming from afar. It comes from the "navel of the dream." In its displacements and condensations, the sea produces a writing filled with gaps, voids that cannot be filled but that seduce the reader. It is a sea in the "lalangue," pregnant with "remnants," traces, and erasures to be deciphered. It is also a feminine sea, where Yemanjá resides—a wild, eroticized sea. Thus, Duras' sea crosses continents and invades them with its image that does not submit to representation, but rather, in other words, creates new truths. An ancestral sea that translates the threats that Mother Gaia has beenenduring. Keywords: Dream-sea. Childhood. writing. Ancestral.

Review

The article, "O 'Marescrito' de Marguerite Duras é 'ancestral'?", embarks on an intriguing and ambitious journey to explore the profound and multi-layered significance of the sea within Marguerite Duras's literary landscape. By positioning its analysis within established Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalytic frameworks, the paper promises to uncover the deep, often unconscious, origins and implications of this pervasive motif. The central inquiry into whether Duras's "sea-writing" (marescrito) can be deemed "ancestral" immediately piques interest, suggesting an investigation that extends beyond mere biographical context to engage with fundamental psychological, mythical, and even ecological dimensions. The abstract skillfully delineates a rich and complex understanding of the sea in Duras's work. It moves beyond a straightforward interpretation of the sea as merely a reflection of her coastal childhood, presenting it instead as a primal force emerging from dreams, the unknown, and the very "navel of the dream." This conceptualization is astutely linked to Duras's distinctive literary style, characterized by "holes, gaps, voids that cannot be filled," suggesting a sophisticated engagement with how psychoanalytic concepts like displacement and condensation inform her textual poetics. The subsequent introduction of a feminine, wild, and eroticized sea, personified by Yemanjá, alongside its framing as an "ancestral sea that translates the threats that Mother Gaia has been enduring," expands the article's scope to encompass compelling interplays between the personal, mythological, and a nascent ecological consciousness. To fully deliver on its promising premise, the article will need to meticulously articulate how these diverse interpretive layers converge to substantiate the "ancestral" quality of Duras's "marescrito." While the connection to Mother Gaia offers a pathway, a more rigorous demonstration of how Freudian and Lacanian concepts specifically illuminate this ancestral dimension, beyond a general notion of primordial origins, would significantly strengthen the argument. The central challenge will be to transition from a descriptive outlining of the sea's myriad meanings to a precise analytical argument that meticulously ties Duras's textual representations to these deep psychoanalytic, mythical, and ecological underpinnings, particularly in explaining how the sea's resistance to representation actively "creates new truths." A clear methodology for how Duras's specific texts will be engaged to support these complex claims would be invaluable.

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