LA POÉTIQUE DU PAYSAGE DANS L’OEUVRE
D’EDOUARD GLISSANT,
KATEB YACINE ET WILLIAM FAULKNER

A Dissertation
Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the
Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of French Studies

by
Nabil Augustin Boudraa
B.A., Université de Bouzaréa, Algiers, 1993
M.A., Queens College, 1998
May 2002

A la mémoire de ma mère, à ma famille et à toute la Kabylie.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank my professor, Dr. Jefferson Humphries, for his considerable guidance, patience and support. I also thank him for believing and showing confidence in me.
I would also like to thank all the members of my committee, Dr. Greg
Stone, Dr. Lucie Brind’Amour, Dr. John Pizer, Dr. Nathaniel Wing, Dr. Jack
Yeager and Dr. John Rodrigue for their helpful comments.
I am also grateful to the secretaries of the French Department, Connie
Simpson and Carlin Laviolet, for their help and invaluable services.
I must thank Dr. Charles Grenier, Dr. Jack Digbeu and many other fellows who have read sections of my work and who provided me with useful comments and encouragements.
I am indebted to my family in Kabylia, Algeria, for their love and constant support despite the long distance between us. Thank you very much for believing in me. I also thank all my friends everywhere for their friendship and sincere encouragements. iii

TABLE DES MATIERES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ……………………………………………………… iii
ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………… vi
I. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………….
1. Définitions …………………………………………………………………
2. Contre l’approche traditionnelle du paysage………………………………
3. La perspective anthropologique……………………………………………
4. La perspective sociologique et écologique…………………………………

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II. INFLUENCES ET CONTEXTES…………………………………………… 18
1. L’influence de Faulkner…………………………………………………….. 18
2.