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BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

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2021

Pandemic

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An Evil Who Teaches Humility In The Novel «La Couronne Du Diable» From Alexandre Najjarun Mal Qui Enseigne L’Humilité Dans La Couronne Du Diabled’Alexandre Najjar », Sophie Nicolaïdès-Salloum Aug 2021

An Evil Who Teaches Humility In The Novel «La Couronne Du Diable» From Alexandre Najjarun Mal Qui Enseigne L’Humilité Dans La Couronne Du Diabled’Alexandre Najjar », Sophie Nicolaïdès-Salloum

BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

Abstract: After many natural disasters, a sanitary disaster overwhelms the planet earth, the COVID19 pandemic. Alexandre Najjar writes about this crisis in a novel translate as “The devil’s crown”. The author uses the way of testimony to describe the way the characters live the confinement in different countriesand the consequences of an unprecedent situation on the psyche: fear of the other, feeling imprisoned, powerlessness. The intervention includes the analysis of the title, the choice of the polyphonyand the similarity between this novel and an ancient tragedy.

Résumé: Après plusieurs catastrophes naturelles, une catastrophe sanitaire accable aujourd’hui notre planète : la …