{"id":1300,"date":"2026-05-29T18:34:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/ateliercomparatiste\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2026-05-29T18:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:37:50","slug":"lete-dune-severe-grand-mere-sorciere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/ateliercomparatiste\/lete-dune-severe-grand-mere-sorciere\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019une s\u00e9v\u00e8re grand-m\u00e8re sorci\u00e8re"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour son premier roman publi\u00e9 en 1994, l\u2019autrice japonaise Nashiki Kaho publie <em>\u897f\u306e\u9b54\u5973\u304c\u6b7b\u3093\u3060<\/em> &nbsp;(<em>La Sorci\u00e8re de l\u2019Ouest est morte<\/em>, ma trad.). La traduction fran\u00e7aise a paru en 2021 sous le titre <em>L\u2019\u00c9t\u00e9 de la Sorci\u00e8re<\/em>. \u00c0 teneur fortement autobiographique, ce roman raconte le r\u00e9cit de Mai qui est envoy\u00e9e chez sa grand-m\u00e8re pendant un \u00e9t\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La grand-m\u00e8re n\u2019a pas de nom&nbsp;: elle est une sorci\u00e8re anglaise immigr\u00e9e au Japon qui vit seule entour\u00e9e de plantes. \u00c0 ses c\u00f4t\u00e9s, la jeune fille apprendra la discipline afin de d\u00e9velopper sa volont\u00e9 et ses pouvoirs potentiels. Sa grand-m\u00e8re lui enseignera \u00e0 confectionner des confitures, \u00e0 faire le m\u00e9nage, \u00e0 reconna\u00eetre diverses plantes, \u00e0 jardiner, etc., bref&nbsp;: \u00e0 \u00eatre une bonne femme au foyer et \u00e0 travailler pour elle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le manque de recul du personnage de Mai vis-\u00e0-vis de cette \u00e9ducation traditionnelle et misogyne est tangible. Alors que le texte relate une sorte de souvenir nostalgique, on reconna\u00eet dans la grand-m\u00e8re une sorci\u00e8re r\u00e9trograde et s\u00e9v\u00e8re qui ira jusqu\u2019\u00e0 gifler sa petite fille lors d\u2019une dispute, sans s\u2019excuser ensuite. \u00ab\u00a0Je suis peut-\u00eatre un peu vieux jeu\u00a0\u00bb (p.\u00a0160)\u00a0: voil\u00e0 l\u2019une des derni\u00e8res phrases que la grand-m\u00e8re prononcera avant de d\u00e9c\u00e9der. \u00c0 l\u2019\u00e9coute de cette conversation et de la nostalgie dans la voix de sa grand-m\u00e8re, le c\u0153ur de Mai se serre. Seraient-ce des remords\u00a0? Peut-\u00eatre voyons-nous poindre ici, chez l\u2019enfant, les d\u00e9g\u00e2ts d\u2019une \u00e9ducation d\u00e9pass\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comme dans <em>Le Magicien d\u2019Oz<\/em>, la m\u00e9chante Sorci\u00e8re de l\u2019Ouest est morte. \u00c0 ses c\u00f4t\u00e9s, Mai aura appris le contr\u00f4le n\u00e9cessaire sur ses \u00e9motions pour devenir une femme socialement convenable. Que penser de cette \u00ab&nbsp;mamie g\u00e2teau&nbsp;\u00bb qui est aussi une vieille sorci\u00e8re tenant aux valeurs traditionnellement associ\u00e9es aux femmes ? En voulant montrer \u00ab&nbsp;l\u2019efficacit\u00e9&nbsp;\u00bb de l\u2019enseignement de la grand-m\u00e8re et son effet sur l\u2019apprentissage des \u00e9motions chez Mai, la narratrice oublie que l\u2019\u00e9ducation par le contr\u00f4le n\u2019est pas l\u2019unique solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-l-039-atelier-comparatiste wp-block-embed-l-039-atelier-comparatiste\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"x5gyB66fqz\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/ateliercomparatiste\/dany-varela-ferreira-lemos\/\">Dany Varela Ferreira Lemos<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u00ab\u00a0Dany Varela Ferreira Lemos\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 L&amp;apos;Atelier comparatiste\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/ateliercomparatiste\/dany-varela-ferreira-lemos\/embed\/#?secret=5PxK6ZMm57#?secret=x5gyB66fqz\" data-secret=\"x5gyB66fqz\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En venant passer l\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 chez sa grand-m\u00e8re, Mai d\u00e9couvrira la discipline n\u00e9cessaire pour g\u00e9rer ses \u00e9motions. Cependant, les adultes n\u2019ont pas toujours raison et les sorci\u00e8res ne sont pas toujours tendres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1003130,"featured_media":1302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,193,1],"tags":[204],"class_list":["post-1300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-critique","category-critique-litteraire-2026","category-uncategorized","tag-nashiki-kaho"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/ateliercomparatiste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/ateliercomparatiste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/ateliercomparatiste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/ateliercomparatiste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1003130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/ateliercomparatiste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1300"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/ateliercomparatiste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1333,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/ateliercomparatiste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions\/1333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/ateliercomparatiste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/ateliercomparatiste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/ateliercomparatiste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/ateliercomparatiste\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}