THE SILENT WAVE AND THE FACE OF THE WATER IN “THE LOVER” BY MARGUERITE DURAS

Abstract

Here the unfolding paper details the theme of the natural element of water in literature and psychoanalysis, complemented by its roles in the life of the individual. The main spectrum of references at the core of the text is situated in the works of Mikel Dufrenne, Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung, whose theories help to understand one of the two inherently fluid protagonists in Marguerite Duras's “The Lover”. Numerous quotations are used in order to more fluidly flow into the conceptual emphases of what is being explored. Leading the way in this imaginative scholarly journey will be Gaston Bachеlard and his overall contribution with the work “Water and Dreams: An Essay on the Imagination of Matter”.