Abstract

America haunts literary and cultural imaginations. The American dream of happiness faces repeated disappointments without questioning the desire of the recommencement, be it an individual or a collective adventure. The paper analyzes from this point of view the approaches of two authors and two novels, Yves Berger and Noël Audet. The comparison aims to cross a French perspective and a Quebecer one in a brief overview of two possible terms of a civilizational dream.