„I must explain it". Elements for a sociological approach of Annie Ernaux's works"

Annie Ernaux's works, treated by critics as autobiographical, are an original undertaking at writing, which consists in the incessant search of balance between that which in man's life appears as obvious and clear and that which remains mysterious, disturbing and incomprehensible. The awareness of the dichotomy of the surrounding world and people is a germ of the creative project in the triple perspective - existential, literary and sociological