Writer's Work: Thread of Reading and Quest for Meaning

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[...] Every book revolves around this search for the other and builds the plot around the hope of a brother finding his family. In addition, we have the question of the pllenitude of meaning. The idea of a quest for meaning, giving meaning. It is for Cendrars, in the Easter in New-York the quest for faith. He will search for meaning in his wandering, search for a purpose in his life. He will call upon the « Lord » by means of addresses in an anaphoric tone. [...]

[...] Interrogation which operates around notably, the notions of wisdom and quest for meaning. The writer being the one who composes, who writes the literary works. Thus we are going to turn our work towards the problemthe following thematization: How the writer, through his work of writing, proposes a thread of reading and a quest for meaning? First, we will deal with writing and reading, before moving on to the figure of wandering and mystery, and finally with the notion of fullness of meaning, going beyond hope. [...]

[...] Birahima discovers many things and customs. He returns loaded with a knowledge that he transmits to his cousin Mamadou. Then, there is a wandering linkedlinked to History. At Poulin, this wandering is a geographical wandering and a journey through American History (history of the conquest of the West, history of explorers . Wandering thus has historical discovery as its corollary. This also echoes the notion of wisdom explained in the quote. It is the idea that writing brings knowledge. When the quote tells us « We need awakening, so we understand that writing is an opening onto the world. [...]

[...] In the end, l'writer by his writing work, proposes a thread of reading. A reading that will be done under the dome of interpretation and feelings. Finally, what the author and the reader will be looking for is a quest for meaning. To be able to explain the inexplicable and give a sense to each mysterious event. There would therefore be a writing work upstream, then a reader's work afterwards. Writing is done from perceptions. Reading is a source of inspiration and a model, especially in the conception of intertextuality. [...]

[...] Poetic because it carries a precise work of language and its meaning. Myth and poetry would then have a common mission: to trace a possible return to the apogee of the genre. It is thus through the name that the creator's words must be organized. Even if the primary meaning of the word is lost. Thus, Plato recognized in the myth an allusive and/or spiritual sense. When we talk about Neoplatonism, we are dealing with an instrument of knowledge. Neoplatonism has been decisive in the history of Western thought. [...]