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Chargement... Requiem pour une nonne (1951)par William Faulkner
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Sanctuaire, l'un des romans les plus ce le bres de Faulkner, racontait l'aventure scandaleuse d'une jeune colle gienne ame ricaine, Temple Drake, se questre e dans une maison close par un gangster de ge ne re , Popeye. Elle e tait libe re e par l'arrestation de son ℗±protecteur℗ , condamne quelques mois plus tard et exe cute pour meurtre. Sept ans apre s, Temple Drake est devenue une bourgeoise ame ricaine, marie e au jeune homme qui fut responsable de son infamie, et me re de deux enfants. Elle a a son service une ne gresse, ancienne prostitue e, Nancy Mannigoe. Survient un louche individu qui posse de sur la vie passe e de Temple des renseignements compromettants et qui la fait chanter. Temple est-elle amoureuse de cet homme, ou bien reprise par le gou t du vice ? Elle de cide de s'enfuir du domicile conjugal. Pour la retenir, Nancy Mannigoe imagine un horrible forfait: de ses propres mains elle tue l'un des enfants confie s a sa charge. Nancy est condamne e a mort. Mais Temple, sous la pression de son oncle Gavin, avocat de la criminelle, se rend chez le gouverneur pour arracher la gra ce de la coupable. Elle ne peut y parvenir, mais trouve au moins l'occasion de confesser sa propre turpitude et de se racheter par l'humiliation, premie re station du long calvaire qui l'attend. Telle est l'e trange et dramatique histoire que conte le grand romancier dans cet ouvrage, sorte de roman dialogue dont Albert Camus a tire une pie ce. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I, unlike so many, do not view Temple as an evil person. I view her as a damaged soul, someone who has been so marred by life that she can no longer function. She fails to understand, even herself, what makes her unable to feel emotion as others do, and she carries the blame within her for her obvious shortcomings. She is trapped forever in the moment of her life in which she gets into a car with a drunkard and leaves her life and self behind. Married to Gowan, she can never hope to escape that moment...for even his mere presence is a constant reminder.
To read this without first reading Sanctuary would certainly lessen the impact of the story, and in truth, I do not think you could sufficiently understand Temple without the background story that unfolds in Sanctuary. Faulkner is such a remarkable writer and his works are so layered, that I think I will still be thinking about these characters and dissecting them for some time.
The format used here is quite unique. There is a play, sandwiched within three sections of historical exposition of Jackson and Yoknapatawpha County. The history is riveting and it is unbelievable how much information and emotion Faulkner is able to convey in a these rather short sections.
I pondered the title. Faulkner does nothing haphazardly, so I’m absolutely sure there is some deep meaning to this choice. A requiem is a mass for the dead soul--and that is easy enough to equate to Temple. Her soul is undoubtedly dead. But, why a nun? Is she cloistered by her past, living apart from society, from secular life? She has no spiritual attachment to save her, nothing to worship that I can see. If anyone else has an idea about the title, I would love to hear your thoughts.
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