Le repas révélateur : Sociologie de la table familiale chez Annie Ernaux à la lumière de Marcel Proust

This study examines representations of family meals in Annie Ernaux’s Les armoires vides, La femme gelée, and Les années, in dialogue with Marcel Proust’s Du côté de chez Swann. Drawing on Bourdieu’s theory of habitus and social identity, particularly focusing on the concepts of practices, taste, and distinction, it analyzes the role of family meals in the representation of social dimensions and identity construction. Additionally, the author’s role as a sociological subject is explored within the context of modern literary procedures, as observed by Auerbach (1968). This interdisciplinary approach offers new insights and implications for a wider exploration of the sociocultural significance of family meals in French literature.