Ulysse pris dans les glaces : odyssées de brume et de neige

Abstract

In the light of three contemporary works ― two novels and one movie ― an analysis of elements modifying the traditional interpretation of the myth of Ulysses is proposed, taking into account the omnipresence of the North and the Nekyia. The oblique approach to the character of Ulysses will also be addressed, since he appears under other names and mixed with other mythological or legendary figures, such as Homer and Narcissus. Since they highlight those elements, almost nonexistent in Homer’s Odyssey, the studied rewritings reorientate the interpretation of the myth by endowing it with a new meaning focused on thoughts about death and the hereafter.