Deuil et empathie: De la collaboration à la tension narrative dans le récit français contemporain

This paper addresses the role of empathy in the construction of the narrative of grief. It examines the values and representations of empathy in the organization of this type of narrative as a concept that mobilizes an innovative ontological discourse in contemporary writing. By analyzing several grief narratives in the light of a cognitive and narratological approach, our aim is to shed light on the inconsolable nature of grief within contemporary French narrative.

Keywords: empathy, narrative, grief, consolation