KÍ ỨC – PHƯƠNG TIỆN TỰ SỰ TRONG TIỂU THUYẾT ĐI TÌM DORA CỦA PATRICK MODIANO

Abstract

Amid the expanding field of memory studies, memory literature has become a major object of scholarly inquiry. Patrick Modiano stands out as a prominent writer whose work engages memory with particular force. In his novels, memory is not merely a theme but also a narrative mechanism for constructing reality — especially the reality of Occupied France (1940–1944). Dora Bruder exemplifies this mode of narrative memory. Drawing on memory theory and narratology, this article examines how Modiano organizes a “world of memory” that is at once elusive and haunting. It does so through a narrator engaged in the pursuit of memory, labyrinthine space where traces intertwine with absence, and narrative time structured primarily by analepsis and repetition. The article thus argues that literature is not a simple reflection of the world; rather, as a distinctive discourse, it actively constructs reality and shapes how people perceive and interpret it.