La tradition romanesque de la catastrophe paysanne : ruralité, écologie et modernité littéraire

This article highlights a lesser-known literary tradition: the peasant catastrophe novel, where rural life becomes central to political, social, and ecological reflection. Through works by Giono, Faulkner, Asturias, Rulfo, and Glissant, the study explores how these authors give voice to rural communities in crisis, often struck by so-called « natural » disasters. These events function as narrative and stylistic turning points – drought, flood, fire, or ellipsis – that reflect the disintegration of communal structures. By weaving these diverse narratives together, the novels form an ecopoetic response to catastrophe, rooted in 20th-century rural experience.