Identité de Ramuz

For various reasons Ramuz remains underrated in France and Switzerland. The Identity of Ramuz will demonstrate the plenitude of works with an exceptional density, combining both aesthetic and ethic ambitions, and in which the original language in a vital stake. After examining the family data and the birth of an irrepressible vocation – although felt as guilt – one will take an interest in the essential schemes : fantasizing over water, doubles, death and resurrection. “The literary identity” will bring the importance of time, the nostalgia for one’s roots and the concern for legitimation for a writer who considers his mission to be poorly recognized. Eventually “The political identity” will reveal – contrary to prejudices – how sensitive to the life of the City and to its history the poet is. And while proclaiming his waldasian identity, Ramuz wonders about the world that surrounds him : the prevailing ideologies of his time and the relation ship between Man and Nature lie in the very heart of a deep and often premonitory thinking.