334 research outputs found
L’enjeu de la traduction chez Vassilis Alexakis
No full textAp. J.-C., avant-dernier roman de l’écrivain grec francophone Vassilis Alexakis, est un livre exemplaire sur la problématique de l’autotraduction. À la différence des écrivains francophones issus de la colonisation auxquels le français a été imposé, rien ne prédisposait Alexakis à écrire dans cette langue. Quelles sont les raisons qui l’ont poussé à utiliser une langue autre que sa langue maternelle pour faire carrière? Pourquoi écrit-il dans deux langues? Aborder l’oeuvre d’Alexakis sous l’angle de ce que l’on appelle l’autotraduction ne constitue pas en soi une nouveauté. Mais il semble que l’on assiste en ce moment à un retour vers le grec, puisque Ap. J.-C. a lui aussi fait l’objet d’une écriture en grec et d’une autotraduction vers le français. Quels sont les choix opérationnels effectués par l’auteur pour camper un contexte aussi éloigné que le mont Athos, autrement dit la Sainte Montagne, dans Ap. J. -C., dans le but d’atteindre des imaginaires si différents? Après un survol des personnages et de la thématique de l’oeuvre, nous tenterons, dans un premier temps, de répondre à cette question par l’analyse thématique de son ouvrage et de soulever, dans un second temps, les problèmes socio-linguistiques et culturels qui résultent du passage d’une langue à l’autre, plus précisément de l’autotraduction.Ap. J.-C., the second most recent novel by the Greek Francophone writer Vassilis Alexakis, is an important example of the issue of self-translation. Unlike Francophone writers for whom the French language was imposed during colonization, Alexakis was not predisposed to write in French. What led him to use a language other than his mother tongue in his career? Why does he write in two languages? This is not the first time that Alexakis’ work has been analyzed through the lens of what is known as self-translation. However, we are currently witnessing Alexakis’ return to Greek, as the novel Ap. J-C. was also written in Greek and self-translated into French. What are the operational choices made by the author in such a remote context as Mount Athos, also known as the Holy Mountain, in Ap. J-C., in order to create such different imaginaries? After an overview of the novel’s characters and theme, we will first try to answer this question through a thematic analysis of his work. Secondly, we will address socio-linguistic and cultural issues that arise from passing from one language to another, specifically through self-translation
Vassilis Alexakis: chemins croisés
No full textLa littérature migrante, produite par des auteurs qui ont choisi le français
comme langue d’écriture, et qui ont vécu l’expérience de la traversée des frontières et de
l’installation dans un pays autre, vient enrichir la littérature française contemporaine.
Notre propos est de comprendre, aujourd’hui, le parcours de Vassilis Alexakis, auteur
qui illustre si bien la problématique identitaire, la double appartenance culturelle et
linguistique au français et au grec.Migrant literature, produced by authors
who have chosen French as their writing language, and who have lived the experience of
crossing borders and settling in another country, enriches contemporary French
literature. Our aim is to understand, today, the journey of Vassilis Alexakis, author who
illustrates so well the problem of identity, the double cultural and linguistic affiliation to
both French and Greek.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Vassilis Alexakis: chemins croisés
No full textLa littérature migrante, produite par des auteurs qui ont choisi le français
comme langue d’écriture, et qui ont vécu l’expérience de la traversée des frontières et de
l’installation dans un pays autre, vient enrichir la littérature française contemporaine.
Notre propos est de comprendre, aujourd’hui, le parcours de Vassilis Alexakis, auteur
qui illustre si bien la problématique identitaire, la double appartenance culturelle et
linguistique au français et au grec.Migrant literature, produced by authors
who have chosen French as their writing language, and who have lived the experience of
crossing borders and settling in another country, enriches contemporary French
literature. Our aim is to understand, today, the journey of Vassilis Alexakis, author who
illustrates so well the problem of identity, the double cultural and linguistic affiliation to
both French and Greek.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Vassilis Alexakis: exorciser l\u27exil déplacements autofictionnels, linguistiques et spatiaux
No full textThis dissertation explores the writings of contemporary Francophone writer Vassilis Alexakis. I interpret Alexakis’s œuvre as an attempt by the writer to exorcize his own exile. The author left Greece in the 1960s, settled in France, and started to publish novels in French in the mid-1970s. By looking closely at the patterns of cultural dispossession, language loss, estrangement, and identity crisis in his writings, I show that Alexakis constructs an aesthetic of displacement that allows him to free himself cathartically from the angst of exile. A close analysis of Alexakis’s eleven novels, his autobiographical text, and his collection of short stories demonstrates that this aesthetic of displacement is three-fold. First, Alexakis projects his own life story onto his fictional works. The recurrence of characters who are Greek exiles living in Paris and struggling with their identity, is indeed the sign of a displacement from the autobiographical to the fictional. Thanks to the autofictional aspect of his writing, Alexakis manages to evacuate the traumatic events of his life in exile by repeatedly describing them in his fiction. Alexakis also relies on patterns of linguistic displacement. After initially choosing French as his exclusive literary language, the author now alternates between French and Greek. In addition, regardless of the language used, he translates his works from one language to the other. The analysis of Alexakis’s literary bilingualism and self-translation practices, as well as that of language-related themes in his fiction, shows that this linguistic displacement is also inherent to his works. Finally, I illustrate how Alexakis relies on patterns of spatial displacement to exorcize his geographical dislocation. By looking closely at the author’s spatial choices, I show that his characters are spatially hypersensitive and always on the move. The examination of the geographical aspect of Alexakis’s writing demonstrates an evolution in his spatial practices, suggesting a change from French to Greek locales. This dissertation ultimately demonstrates that this exiled bilingual Francophone author has come to terms with his geographic displacement and is currently moving away from French and exile-related themes in order to experience an imaginary return to the homeland through his fiction
Paris en grec, Athènes en français
No full textV. Alexakis décrit dans La Clarinette une Athènes rongée par le racisme, le chômage et la violence. Il a composé une sorte de concerto, en mémoire d’un ami, son éditeur, trop tôt disparu et d’un pays, la Grèce. Tout en déambulant dans les rues d’Athènes où il côtoie des poubelles renversées, ce franco-grec ne peut s’empêcher de parcourir les rues d’un Paris où il aime à vivre, en un étonnant jeu de superposition.In his book La Clarinette, V. Alexakis depicts Athens as a city affected by racism, unemployment, and violence. The author composes a sort of concerto dedicated to the memory of a friend, his publisher, who passed away too early, and to a country, Greece. While rambling through the streets of Athens where he bumps into a series of overturned garbage cans, this French-Greek citizen can’t help walking the streets of Paris where he enjoys living, through an astounding layering game
The Reinvention of a Literary Space by Vassilis Alexakis.
No full textIn 2012, after a big operation on one leg, Vassilis Alexakis spends a month and a half on crutches at a hotel near the Parisian Luxembourg Garden. Just like the main character of his fourteenth and second to last novel, L’enfant grec, that he wrote then.
The author seems to have the need to talk about space. Not only in this book, but in all his books, the author offers countless spatial references. Is it because of his health condition then, or is it because of his current (and for many years already) life divided in between two beloved countries, that Vassilis Alexakis needs to constantly speak about space? Is there a link between all the physical spatial references and the existential need of knowing where he is? Does his identity depend on his spatial location?
With his literary combination of reality and fantasy, Alexakis might very well be reinventing space. His books could be the space in between, where he can freely just be: a Greek and a French author; narrator and character; in Greece or in France. A space in between just like the catacombs where we see the main character at the end of the book, depicted as the place where “la frontière entre le réel et l’imaginaire” is (page 307), or the space where he feels himself in every time he opens one of the volumes of his dear companion, the Grand Robert dictionary: “un espace qui n’appartient à aucun lieu, dépourvu d’addresse, qui flotte à la surface du temps comme le jardin de Callithéa” (page 281).
The relation between Vassilis Alexakis and space is worthy to revise in this particular novel since as its main character states, “C’est un livre sur la vie et la mort […]. Sur la santé et la maladie, […] le mouvement et l’immobilité, le geste et la parole.¨Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech
Vassilis Alexakis, the migrant greek child. About the reality of in-between fictional characters and literary spaces
No full textVassilis Alexakis (Athens, 1943-2021) started writing in French while living in France, he then changed to Greek language, which was followed by what resulted in a systematic practice of self-translation in both directions for most of his works. He is a very well-known author both in France and in Greece and one of the most well-known cases of contemporary literary self-translators, as well as an exponent of literary hybridity. In 2012 he was awarded the Prix de la Langue Française for the whole of his career. That same year, after an important operation on one leg, Vassilis Alexakis spent a month and a half on crutches at a hotel near the Parisian Luxembourg Garden. Just like the main character of his fourteenth and second to last novel, L’enfant grec, that he wrote then. In all his books, Alexakis seems to have the need to talk about himself but also about space. He constantly offers countless spatial references. Is it because of being out of his comfort zone then, or is it because of his (for many years already) life divided in between his two beloved countries, that Alexakis needs to constantly speak about places? Is there a link between all the geographical references and the existential need of knowing where he is? We shall explore the relationship between Vassilis Alexakis and space in this particular novel, linked to the reinvention of literary space in Alexakis’ work
Investigating the investment readiness of European SMEs: A machine learning approach
No full textThis study exploits machine learning techniques to investigate the investment readiness of European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Understanding the drivers behind SMEs' willingness to use equity capital and foster innovation is crucial for promoting economic growth. Our analysis is grounded on the Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises (SAFE) released by the European Commission and the European Central Bank, which covers a vast sample of European SMEs. The empirical findings reveal that factors associated with the entrepreneurial ecosystem-such as regulatory frameworks, the availability of skilled staff, and perceived market outlook within a country-are critical drivers of investment readiness. Importantly, we find that access to debt financing and firm risk do not significantly influence SMEs' willingness to raise equity capital. Lastly, this research offers valuable insights for policymakers and equity providers, suggesting that tailored investment readiness programs that consider cultural and country-specific characteristics can unlock the full potential dynamics of European SMEs
Numerical study on effect of Reynolds number on dynamo action
No full textWe study the kinematic dynamo problem of a two dimensional turbulent flow with the third velocity component being advected as a passive scalar (2.5D flow). Both helical and nonhelical forcing is considered. The low-dimensionality of the system allows us to study it for a wide range of parameters of the system, here specifically the Reynolds number and the magnetic Reynolds number. We show that the small scale dynamo action depends on the Reynolds number. The critical magnetic Reynolds number after which small magnetic perturbations starts to grow for the nonhelical forcing case is found to be independent of the Reynolds number
On the edge of an inverse cascade
No full textWe demonstrate that systems with a parameter-controlled inverse cascade can exhibit critical behavior for which at the critical value of the control parameter the inverse cascade stops. In many dynamical systems in nature energy is transferred to small or to large length scales by a forward or inverse cascade, respectively. In three-dimensional hydrodynamic (HD) turbulence energy cascades forward from large to small scales while in two-dimensional HD turbulence energy cascades inversely from small scales to large scales. There are some examples, however, that have a mixed behavior such as fast rotating fluids, conducting fluids in the presence of strong magnetic fields, flows in constrained geometry, and others. In these examples the injected energy cascades both forward and inversely in fractions that depend on the value of a control parameter (rotation rate/magnetic field/aspect ratio ect). In the presented work we demonstrate using the 2D-MHD model that the transition from a forward to an inverse cascade can occur by a critical transition, . In the absence of any external magnetic forcing the system reduces to hydrodynamic fluid turbulence with an inverse energy cascade. In the presence of strong magnetic forcing the system behaves as 2D-MHD turbulence with forward energy cascade. As the amplitude of the magnetic forcing is varied a critical value is met for which the energy flux towards the large scales becomes zero. Close to this point the energy flux scales as a power law with the departure from the critical point and the normalized amplitude of the fluctuations diverges. The generality of this behavior to other systems with variable inverse cascades will be discussed
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