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1、Fiction,BetweenInnerLifeandCollectiveMemory.AMethodologicalReflection.1François-XavierLavenne,VirginieRenard,FrançoisTolletIntroductionInthewritingoftheirfictionalworks,novelistsoftenhavetoreflectonthefunctioningofmemory,formemoryliesattheheartbothofinnerlifeandofhumanexperienceingeneral.Iti
2、sindeedintheworksofwriterssuchasMarcelProustorJorgeLuisBorgesthatthebestexemplificationsofthesubjectiveexperienceofmemoryaretobefound.However,fromastrictlymnemonicpointofview,literatureprovidesmorethanameansofreflectingonmemory:itisalsothesiteoftherebirthandconstructionofindividualandcollect
3、ivememories,whichcanthenserveasafoundationforthewritingoffictionalworks.Creativewritinghasameioticfunctionandisassuchapowerfultoolcapableofrescuingmemoriesfromoblivionandbringingthembacktolife,thusreconcilingthepastwiththepresent.Thepresentarticleseekstobringtobearnewperspectivesontherelatio
4、nshipbetweenanovelist’spersonalmemories,collectivememory,andthefictionalnarrativespartiallyinspiredbythesetwotypesofmemory.Inthefirstsectionwebrieflyexaminethedistinctiontraditionallymadebetweenindividualmemoryandcollectivememory,whichwethentrytoreconcilesoastoarriveatanapproachtothemnemonic
5、phenomenonthatbestfitstheneedsofliteraryscholars.Inthesecondsectionwechallengetheconventionaldistinctionmadebetweenmemoryandfiction,showinginsteadhowthetwoconceptsarelinkedandfocusing,amongotherthings,onthetheoryof“memoryplasticity,”whichholdsthatimaginationplaysanimportantroleintheformation
6、andperpetuationofmemories.Finally,westudytherelationshipbetweenfictionandrealityanddiscussthespecificpowersoffictioninitstreatmentofindividualandcollectivememories.1.IndividualandCollectiveMemoryAfundamentalquestionliesattheheartofthephenomenonofmemory:“Towhomshouldmemorybeattributed?Tothein
7、dividualortothegroup?”Todisentanglethiscomplexanddelicaterelationship,wemustfirstdefinetheterms“individualmemory”and“collectivememory”andthenattempttoreconcilethesetwosidesofthemnemonicphenomenon.Leadingscholarshavetakenclear-cutandconflictingposit