Abstract
Médée is the eponymous heroine of Médée chérie, a novel written by Yasmine Chami. She is Moroccan, born in Tangiers. Despite the fact of being a well-known sculptor, Médée keeps her professional success in the background of her responsibilities as a mother and wife. Her husband Ismaïl is a neurosurgeon; he leaves her unexpectedly after long years of marriage. During their transit at the airport of Orly in Paris, going to Australia, Ismaïl vanishes to continue “alone” his journey. Hence, Médée enters a state of emotional paralysis. A number of days pass before she leaves the room of the hotel adjacent to the airport where she has isolated herself. She rediscovers the will to live thanks to her son Adam, her friend and eminent sculptor Juan, and especially to Tanya, the Iraqi refugee, whose tragedy inspired her with the idea of an artistic realization in the form of a figure reflecting different aspects of injustice.
Recommended Citation
ZITI, Abdelhalim
(2024)
"THE REPRESENTATIONS OF MEDEA:
THE ART OF REINVENTING ONESELF IN *MEDEE CHERIE* BY YASMINE CHAMI,"
Faits de Langue et Société (FLS): Vol. 10:
Iss.
1, Article 9.
Available at:
https://scholarhub.univh2c.ma/fls/vol10/iss1/9