Autobiographical features in André Britton's novel Nadja

Abstract

The subject of biography has received very much attention in the literary production of French writers from the end of the seventeenth century to the present day.  Among these writers is André Breton, the founder of the surrealist movement, who takes us to the world of biography through his novel Nadja, where he tells us his personal life through real events in different topics of the novel such as: space, time, memories, love, chance, madness, consciousness, unconsciousness, reality, imagination, mental illness, psychological and physical needs of human and others. This study aims to ask several questions related to the writer's style, the structure and composition of the novel, the topics addressed in the novel, what is the influence of surrealism on the writing of a novel Nadja and other factors that represent the characteristics of the autobiography through this novel. To answer these multiple questions, we will adopt an interdisciplinary approach that covers the analytical, objective and research aspect, allowing us to disseminate multiple perspectives in various fields about the nonlinear narrative characters and specifically the description of the main character Nadja around which the events of the novel revolve. The love story that linked between the writer and Nadja was in the consciousness or unconsciousness. Hence the importance of this study