« Phantasia » d’Abdelwahab Meddeb : l’irrationnel comme traversée poétique

Abstract

This article examines the manifestations of the irrational as a structuring principle in Abdelwahab Meddeb’s Phantasia. Through fragmented writing and a decentered syntax, Meddeb subverts Cartesian rationality to explore the “imaginal world” and Sufi mysticism. This study demonstrates that such linguistic and temporal nomadism allows for the transcendence of postcolonial dualisms. Furthermore, it frames the scriptural act as an experience of “visionary insight”, thereby rehabilitating the subject’s opacity and its radical alterity.