Autoportrait à la tête de sandre

Abstract

Our argument in this article consists of questioning the autofictional practice of Philippe Vilain in its different dimensions and taking account of its stakes. If the distinction between projective autofiction and retrospective autobiography might refer to the respective literary practices of Philippe Vilain and Annie Ernaux, that still doesn’t explain everything. In order to analyze such anticipatory narrations as L’Étreinte, La dernière année or Fauxpère, it’s appropriate to examine in greater depth the dialogue established between these two writers, and to see how a father figure is outlined, in a self-portrait as zander head.