Le Survenant and Marie-Didace, the only two novels of Germaine Guevremont, present a character who today is considered a legend, "coureur des bois" and globetrotter, seducer and agent of changes. Many characteristics relate him to the hero archetype as defined by C. G. Jung, but also, and more specifically, to the figure of Christ, savior, Messiah and accomplisher of promises. His behavior, as well as his experiences are often similar, if not identical, to those of Jesus, as represented in the New Testament. Exegesis, "mythanalysis" and sociology offer many paths for the study of the role of the Survenant, compared to Jesus Christ, in Quebecois literature and society in the first half of the 20th century.

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