%0 Journal Article %T Innocence et cruaut¨¦ : approche anthropologique de la po¨¦tique d¡¯Eug¨¨ne Savitzkaya %A Jos¨¦ Domingues de Almeida %J Intercambio %D 2009 %I Universidade do Porto %X One of the most impressive characteristics of the first novels (1977-1993) by the Belgian Minuit writer Eug¨¨ne Savitzkaya, is about their specific modern pattern that some critics have called ¡°hermetic¡±. Many factors contribute to this feature: childhood remembrance; self-fiction; psychanalysis. Therefore, grammatical elements ensure characters, places and behaviours¡¯ ambiguity and undefinition. We will illustrate the narrative strategies in novels like Mentir, La disparition de maman or Les morts sentent bon; ¡°novels¡± definitely based on ambiguity. %K Savitzkaya %K modernity %K literature %K ambiguity %U http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/8713.pdf