Les ondes musicales de Michaël Ferrier

AbstractThe waves invade the work of Michaël Ferrier. They propagate there in all their forms, whether seismic, acoustic, electromagnetic (radioactivity), mechanical (wave) or gravitational. The waves go so far as to settle at the very heart of the act of writing to establish themselves as a principle. So, Ferrier transcribes them like a seismograph would, with the avowed objective of leaving a trace of memory and fighting against oblivion. Because a seismogram requires the eye of the technician to be deciphered, the writer adapts his text and chooses a medium that is more immediately and sensibly accessible. The music, itself propagating waves, will make the transcribed vibrations perceptible to the reader. This article reveals the means used by Ferrier to construct a musical text, and shows how this new composition of the text allows the writer to anchor it even more in the memories.Keywords: Disasterwavesseismographmusicmemoryreveal Additional informationNotes on contributorsAlexis L. ChauchoisAlexis L. Chauchois is an Assistant Professor of French at Mercer University. His interests span the 20th and 21st centuries, with a specialization in French & Francophone literature. He has been a Professor in Civil Engineering in France for several years.Gilles GlacetGilles Glacet received his Ph.D. from Emory University with a specialization in twentieth-century French literature. His areas of interest include nineteenth- and twentieth-century French literature, contemporary French literature and culture, as well as Francophone literature.