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Four complementary forms of the romance coexist to varying degrees in Philippe Vilain's autofiction. The romance of love is presented as a variation on the "romance of inaction", and describes the resulting inner adventure. The romance of adventure is analyzed as a dramaturgy of surprise associated with an increased openness to possibility. The romance of disappearance and erasure highlights the gaps and flaws in the narrative. Finally, the intertextual novel, by setting up interferences between the ideal models proposed by the books and lives that are often disappointing, shows that « we are such stuff as dreams are made on ».
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In this article I will analyze the quest of happiness in Serotonin, the latest book by Michel Houellebecq. But first, it will be necessary to consider the aspects of happiness as they appear in his work. Being an avid and intellectual reader, Houellebecq summons many authors in his novels, which he quotes more or less literally. Two of them, namely Auguste Comte, the father of positivism, and Schopenhauer, the spiritual master of Houellebecq, are seemingly the major influences of the conception of happiness in the work. Apparently, these two philosophers have nothing in common, but it is possible to identify some similarities in relation with the idea of happiness expressed in Houellebecq’s novels. In his latest book Serotonin, the interest in happiness is even more precise, but this time, it is no longer a question of philosophy: the scientific title emerges in the form of a hormone: a neurotransmitter influencing our mood, used in antidepressants for better mental health. Does this mean that Houellebecq has given up? Or is it, on the contrary, a new effort of resistance? In this article I will try to answer the question and understand if the quest for happiness persists in his latest novel.
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