L ’« étrangère » et l’altérité féminine dans le roman d’Emmanuel Carrère Un roman russe

Résumé

The analytical approach to recurrent characterizations of groups as such uses the term “image” to
describe the notional representation we form in our minds about otherness. The insights provided by the
ethnology and anthropology have underlined the importance of the discourse of “alterity”, which is now
understood as complementary to images studies and identity construction. Since Imagology concerns the study
of idealized images of an Other, it opens up the possibility of understanding the connection between stereotype,
social imagery, literature, culture, and society. Analyzing the gendered cultural Other and the topoi of literary
representation and formation of cultural identities within the Emmanuel Carrère novel “A Russian novel”,
underlines the way the female figure is represented and de-constructed within the literary understanding of the
cultural diversity of the 20th century.