Fragmentation narrative et structuration identitaire dans vi de Kim Thúy

In this article we propose to analyse the work of the Quebec writer of Vietnamese origin Kim Thuy and, in particular, her latest novel: vi (2016). Belonging to two cultures is always present in her narrative. The singular element in her stories rests on the narrative construction and on the force of the word to evoke the decisive facts of a life. Events, past and present, which are marked by this separation into short chapters that present intermittent and apparently dispersed situations but which, by gradually superimposing themselves, present a coherent unity with full meaning that adjusts structurally to the experiences narrated. We study the repercussions of this choice in her publications in which fragmentation composes the identity of the narrator and becomes a distinctive element of the writer's poetics.