How does an exploration of music in Bleu (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993) make us understand the upheaval and reinforcement of Julie's identity?
Dame, I., and Thiboutot, C. (University of Quebec at Montreal)
This presentation explores how an existential reading of the film Bleu (1993) by Krzysztof Kieslowski allows us to understand the upheaval of identity experienced by the film’s main character, Julie. In scientific psychology, a poor concept of self presupposes a cartesian separation of subject from object (Quintin, 2008). This reading, however, proposes a richer theory of the self by rooting it in a definition of the subject as indivisible from the object. Here, through dialogue with the other, the self is revealed to itself in an expansion of its being (Gadamer, 1996). Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics of the self (1990) allows us to understand how Julie, with a gradual return to the world, will be able to make sense of the important identity upheaval she has experienced within the continuing narrative construction of her identity. Ricoeur's narrative identity theory points to Julie's being-in-the-world as a place of identity upheaval as well as identity reinforcement.
This presentation will explore how Julie's relationship to music allows us to understand the role of creativity in the forging of her narrative identity. This crafting of self will be revealed by describing the transition from the infraction of a traumatic musical reality in Julie's blocked narration of herself to her progressive reconciliation with her musical past through the completion of her late husband's unfinished symphony. The completion of the symphony, with the help of Julie's multiple influences, parralels Julie's ability and freedom to position herself in the world as a coherent character that her encounters with other protagonists allowed to shake and reinforce.
Cited works :
Gadamer, H.-G. (1996). Vérité et méthode. Les grandes lignes d’une herméneutique philosophique. Paris: Éditions du Seuil. Kieslowski, K. (1993). Trois couleurs: Bleu. CAB Productions.
Quintin, J. (2008). La connaissance de soi. Un mirage de la psychologie ou une expérience herméneutique? Les Cahiers Du CIRP, 2. Retrieved from http://www.cirp.uqam.ca/documents%20pdf/Cahiers%20vol.%202/ArticleQuintin.pdf
Ricoeur, P. (1990). Soi-même comme un autre. Paris: Éditions du Seuil.
This presentation explores how an existential reading of the film Bleu (1993) by Krzysztof Kieslowski allows us to understand the upheaval of identity experienced by the film’s main character, Julie. In scientific psychology, a poor concept of self presupposes a cartesian separation of subject from object (Quintin, 2008). This reading, however, proposes a richer theory of the self by rooting it in a definition of the subject as indivisible from the object. Here, through dialogue with the other, the self is revealed to itself in an expansion of its being (Gadamer, 1996). Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics of the self (1990) allows us to understand how Julie, with a gradual return to the world, will be able to make sense of the important identity upheaval she has experienced within the continuing narrative construction of her identity. Ricoeur's narrative identity theory points to Julie's being-in-the-world as a place of identity upheaval as well as identity reinforcement.
This presentation will explore how Julie's relationship to music allows us to understand the role of creativity in the forging of her narrative identity. This crafting of self will be revealed by describing the transition from the infraction of a traumatic musical reality in Julie's blocked narration of herself to her progressive reconciliation with her musical past through the completion of her late husband's unfinished symphony. The completion of the symphony, with the help of Julie's multiple influences, parralels Julie's ability and freedom to position herself in the world as a coherent character that her encounters with other protagonists allowed to shake and reinforce.
Cited works :
Gadamer, H.-G. (1996). Vérité et méthode. Les grandes lignes d’une herméneutique philosophique. Paris: Éditions du Seuil. Kieslowski, K. (1993). Trois couleurs: Bleu. CAB Productions.
Quintin, J. (2008). La connaissance de soi. Un mirage de la psychologie ou une expérience herméneutique? Les Cahiers Du CIRP, 2. Retrieved from http://www.cirp.uqam.ca/documents%20pdf/Cahiers%20vol.%202/ArticleQuintin.pdf
Ricoeur, P. (1990). Soi-même comme un autre. Paris: Éditions du Seuil.
The act of writing one's suffering online: A gesture toward self and the other?
Boissoneault, C., and Vinit, F. (University of Quebec at Montreal)
Philosopher Paul Ricoeur said that Man’s identity is essentially a narrative identity. The permanency of our identity is closely tied to our ability of giving consistent and meaningful accounts of and narratives (Ricoeur, 1985). Concurrently, the experience of suffering negates, or at least diminishes our capability to properly share our self with others. This issue is brought to light by the multiplication of virtual and interactive platforms, such as blogs, that offer new outlets for self-narration. Blogs are often written around themes of hardship such as illness, pain and suffering. Their success and proliferation seem to point out a need for the suffering person to share its experience with others, and this, in this particular space that at the same time offers distance from the other while allowing the expression of great intimacy. Suffering people thus engage in this daily activity that involves language in a written form in order to develop and share their personal narratives in a virtual space available to anyone who has interests in it. For the human science researcher and the clinician who accompanies human vulnerability, these accounts of lived experiences of suffering can be of great value. In this presentation, we’ll be looking into the experience of personal blog writing, understanding it through Ricoeur’s concept of narrative identity and his hermeneutics of suffering. This comprehension will get us to think about the usage of such subjective accounts in research, especially the ones found in contemporary online outlets. This presentation will explore these questions through examples of blog-writing women going through the process of medically assisted procreation.ourselves. As such, life becomes an interweaving of tales
Philosopher Paul Ricoeur said that Man’s identity is essentially a narrative identity. The permanency of our identity is closely tied to our ability of giving consistent and meaningful accounts of and narratives (Ricoeur, 1985). Concurrently, the experience of suffering negates, or at least diminishes our capability to properly share our self with others. This issue is brought to light by the multiplication of virtual and interactive platforms, such as blogs, that offer new outlets for self-narration. Blogs are often written around themes of hardship such as illness, pain and suffering. Their success and proliferation seem to point out a need for the suffering person to share its experience with others, and this, in this particular space that at the same time offers distance from the other while allowing the expression of great intimacy. Suffering people thus engage in this daily activity that involves language in a written form in order to develop and share their personal narratives in a virtual space available to anyone who has interests in it. For the human science researcher and the clinician who accompanies human vulnerability, these accounts of lived experiences of suffering can be of great value. In this presentation, we’ll be looking into the experience of personal blog writing, understanding it through Ricoeur’s concept of narrative identity and his hermeneutics of suffering. This comprehension will get us to think about the usage of such subjective accounts in research, especially the ones found in contemporary online outlets. This presentation will explore these questions through examples of blog-writing women going through the process of medically assisted procreation.ourselves. As such, life becomes an interweaving of tales