The urban space in the caribbean imagination : the case of the city in the novel of the lézarde by Edouard Glissant

Abstract

Since the Dawn of time, the theme of the city has fueled the imagination of novelists, painters, photographers and the great strollers of the world. The city summons the dreams of utopiens, inspires architects and becomes a privileged theme of modern literature and poetry.
Shrouded by aura and power, the urban space suggests, a priori, a locus of identity. The city therefore becomes an object of reflection for anthropologists, historians and sociologists who wonder about the issues of existence, cohabitation and the social effervescence linking the individual to the group. Whether it is vast or narrow, the city shelters the most distant stories of time but can also be reincarnated as a fictional character. However, not all cities that populate literature are beloved spaces. Many are threatening and cursed cities. If this opposition between the dreamed and the cursed has long tormented the minds of contemporary authors, what about the city in the Caribbean imagination?
This analysis will attempt to identify the organization of urban space in the novel of the crack and to question the topography of places.