Le Mythe des Sept Dormants, Le Journal et Les Nourritures terrestres d’André Gide Une approche du sommeil dans l’autofiction médicale

Sleep is sacred to writers : the text dreamt up during the night is revealed on waking. The myth of the Seven Sleepers, forgotten by the Bible but venerated by the Koran, reveals the mysterious proximity between sleep and death, waking and resurrection. In his Journal and Les nourritures terrestres, André Gide links these two elements of sleep.