El nuevo humanismo en la novela contemporánea francesa

Abstract

Regarding man’s raison d’être in relation to his openness towards the other it is worth reading French contemporary novelist Sylvie Germain known for the Levinasianan-ethical perspective of her work.
This perspective, unusual in our time, reinforces the steady determination of going against the grain. As a matter of fact, her characters personify current calamities: the forsaken, outsiders, beggars; they speak of the collective indifference
aroused by their poverty. However far from yielding to deprimism, the novelist depicts with outstanding poetical skill the hope that is nourished by mutual responsibility.
To be in the disposition of patiently listening to our brethren is a way of making up for this primal injustice. It is a necessary act of militancy for the reconstruction of the human community.