In relation to memory, forgetting has a negative sense. However, its role is ambivalent, and predominantly positive when connected to the construction of memory, creative power, and certain cathartic and therapeutic effects. Only death is synonymous with complete memory loss. To live is to forget because forgetting is in essence a question of time.
CLIL theme: 4028 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes de littérature comparée
ISBN:978-2-8124-3673-4
EAN:9782812436734
ISSN: 2286-136X
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-3673-4.p.0117
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 03-02-2015
Periodicity: Biannual
Language: French
Keyword: Evasion, diversion, repression, creation, death