In the hour of revolt. What the Gilets jaunes movement has done to literature

Abstract

The Gilets jaunes movement, in the different ideological perspectives it embodies, can be considered as a crucial moment for recent French history, during which the little people or quoting Emmanuel Macron, “those who are nothing” finally take back the floor and occupy the public space. This article, starting with a general introduction about the positions of some intellectuals, especially writers, on the movement, centers on the narrative representations of the Gilets jaunes in several writers such as David Dufresne and Sophie Divry. These authors, in very different forms, focus on the issue of repression and police violence, which seems to monopolize the debate around the subject in the literary field.