The Construction Of The Identity Of The Protagonist Literary Elements

The construction of the identity of the protagonist Literary elements

Introduction

Leila Slimani is a writer and journalist, winner of the Goncourt Award in 2016 with her second work Chanson Douce, which revolves around the context

Contemporary French. In this, social issues are covered, such as motherhood, family structure, immigration, bourgeoisie and social prejudices. Slimani is characterized by writing black and psychological novels, an example is the work to be analyzed in this essay. Make the work to work Louise, who quickly conquers the hearts of children and becomes an essential figure in the home. But little by little the interdependence trap will become a drama.

Developing

The story revolves around the death of two children and the characterization of the internal conflicts of the characters. Means of narrative characterization is essential for the understanding of any work, since it allows to intuit the personality of the character and generate a better link with the reader. Thanks to this, the conflicts present in the work are given more transparency. From the most general perspective the narrator characterizes the protagonist how: a young, white, French who is dedicated to the role of nanny. However the characterization and identity of the character goes far beyond the explicit. To understand it you have to immerse yourself in the implicit of the work which reveals important details in terms of the "I" of the protagonist.

First, the concept of identity will be defined, it should be stressed that this is a fusion of several concepts as exposed by the model of the complexity described by Patricia Linville;professor and researcher of social cognition and intercounts. This model proposes that identity depends on different factors such as: social roles, interpersonal relationships, personality and activity traits carried out.

In the Slimani work as a resource the narratological elements to define some concepts that constitute identity: targeting, anachronics, styles and spaces, therefore they characterize Louise as an individual.

conclusion

One of the basis for the construction of the personality of the protagonist Louise is social identity, which is presented through social identity theory, whose origin was granted by Turner and Brown using the main ideas of Henry Tajfel. As a central axis, the theory raises the following: the belonging of an individual to certain social groups or categories provide important aspects for the identity of an individual.

In relation to what is previously raised, it is pertinent to examine the social role that this character was. The protagonist was not precisely in a privileged position