Médiatisations de l’inconscient et écritures de l’expérience: six «monographies» de la pédagogie institutionnelle entre analyse littéraire et hypothèses épistémologiques

Giving in to a provocation by renowned pedagogist Philippe Meirieu, this article provides theoretical insights into the epistemological link between Literature and Pedagogy as part of a more general research into the literary dimension of non-fictional writing traditions flowing from practical experiences. By way of a literary analysis focusing on the seminal "monographs" that Aïda Vasquez and Fernand Oury published in their Vers une pédagogie institutionnelle in 1967, the authors provide an operational definition of the original methodological approach to text interpretation rooted in Francesco Orlando's literary theory and point to the role of the Freudian "unconscious" in literary and pedagogical processes.