Création littéraire en résidence : une approche géopoétique et géoculturelle de l’espace

Abstract

From an epistemological and methodological point of view, this article analyzes the contributions of the theories of interactions between space and creation, focusing in particular on geopoetics, geocritics and cultural geography. On the basis of this state of the art of a theoretical ecosystem that maps out the critical territories of space in relation to various scientific perimeters, the challenge is to grasp the conceptual approaches of space, territory used by literary studies and geography. Then, from a perspective that crosses « literary geography » and information and communication sciences, the study proposes to rediscover the territory by showing the interest of a specific cultural device: the residence of authors. Thanks to a field study, this analysis combines a study of literary forms that shape the image of places and a reflection on the links between literary creation and societal space. Between topophilia, topography of places ("landscape poems", "poem from the border") and interactions (collective creation), the scientific objective is to show how geopoetics strongly renews the territorial approach for cultural institutions thanks to a different spatial configuration that articulates contemporary literature and mediations.