Death Rituals and Social Critique: A Pragmastylistic Analysis of Ernaux’s La place and Une femme
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Irma Nurul Husnal Chotimah, Syihabuddin

Death Rituals and Social Critique: A Pragmastylistic Analysis of Ernaux’s La place and Une femme

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Death rituals and social critique: a pragmastylistic analysis of ernaux’s la place and une femme. Analyse pragmastylistique des rituels de mort et critique sociale dans "La Place" et "Une femme" d'Ernaux. Explore l'impact du langage, des classes et du deuil.

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Cet article examine La Place et Une femme d’Annie Ernaux à travers une perspective pragmastylistique afin de comprendre comment la mort s’inscrit dans leurs trames socioculturelles et existentielles. En analysant le choix lexical, la syntaxe et la posture narrative, l’étude procède à des lectures attentives et à un codage systématique des passages consacrés à la mort, à la bureaucratie funéraire et à l’expérience phénoménologique. Les résultats montrent que la langue, d’apparence neutre, met au premier plan les règlements institutionnels et les contraintes de classe qui modulent la perte intime. Parallèlement, la voix narrative—quasi documentaire—fait ressortir la tension entre conventions publiques et deuil privé, révélant un combat intérieur dépourvu de pathos explicite. L’analyse démontre ainsi que la représentation de la mort chez Ernaux est doublement conditionnée : par les structures administratives qui organisent le deuil et par la confrontation directe des narratrices avec la mortalité. En cartographiant ces stratégies stylistiques, l’étude éclaire la manière dont la littérature contemporaine mobilise l’économie langagière pour exprimer dynamiques sociales, mémoire culturelle et réflexion existentielle, soulignant le rôle décisif du langage dans la mise en récit de la perte.


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The article "Death Rituals and Social Critique: A Pragmastylistic Analysis of Ernaux’s La place and Une femme" offers a timely and pertinent examination of Annie Ernaux's seminal works, delving into how death is inscribed within their sociocultural and existential frameworks. Employing a pragmastylistic perspective, the study promises a rigorous analysis of lexical choices, syntax, and narrative posture across *La place* and *Une femme*. The abstract effectively communicates the core argument: that Ernaux's seemingly neutral language and quasi-documentary narrative subtly foreground institutional regulations and class constraints that shape intimate loss, revealing a profound tension between public conventions and private grief devoid of explicit pathos. The proposed methodology of close reading and systematic coding of passages related to death, funerary bureaucracy, and phenomenological experience appears robust and well-suited to the chosen texts. The abstract highlights a key insight, demonstrating that Ernaux's representation of death is dually conditioned: by administrative structures governing mourning and by the narrators' direct confrontation with mortality. This nuanced approach promises to illuminate how stylistic choices operate to critique societal norms and reveal the often-overlooked intersections of personal experience and institutional frameworks. By mapping these stylistic strategies, the research positions itself to shed significant light on how contemporary literature leverages linguistic economy to articulate social dynamics, cultural memory, and existential reflection. Overall, this article presents a compelling and well-conceived analysis that promises to be a valuable contribution to Ernaux studies, pragmastylistics, and broader discussions on the representation of death in literature. The interdisciplinary nature of the study, combining linguistic analysis with socio-cultural critique, is particularly noteworthy. The clarity of the abstract suggests a sophisticated understanding of both Ernaux's work and the chosen analytical framework, pointing towards an insightful exploration of language's decisive role in narrating loss and articulating social commentary.


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