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Publication "Ecrire l'expérience totalitaire".
Georges May revisited: towards a poetics of carnival. Parody and the "dilemme du roman" in French prose fiction circa 1737.
Abstract
This research proposal investigates a possible complement for the largely accepted theory of the "dilemme du roman" (G. May, 1963). A threefold criticism of May's theory -a) the concept of a "crise du roman" due to its official proscription in 1737 for invraisemblance and immoralism doesn't match its exponentially growing success; b) the lack of theoretical writings in favour of the novel leads to an imbalance in the confrontation between novel practise and contemporary novel criticism; and c) the a priori evacuation of parodical authors such as Caylus or Vade relies on a presupposition, namely that the novel has to formulate a serious answer to its proscription -leads to a triple hypothetical framework within which the role of parody in the novel debate about 1737 is evaluated: 1) the novel's success ensures it of another, more pragmatic legitimacy in the eyes of editors and public, which makes the aesthetic legitimacy less important; 2) the evolution of the novel is determined by the practise of novel writing itself rather than by theoretical precepts; and 3) the in criticism under- represented parodical corpus may have played a crucial role in the novel's response to its prohibition because it allows to criticise techniques that are found unbelievable (2) and because it permits an neutralising absorption of the proscription criteria in favour of the already achieved pragmatic legitimacy (1).Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Rasson Luc
- Fellow: Peeters Kris
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Decolonizing the French Caribbean: the Postcoloniality of Haitian's Feminine Writing in Diaspora.
Abstract
This essay finds itself at the crossroad of Francophone Studies and Postcolonial Studies. Through a close reading of five novels, produced both in and out Haïti, we will show how the female writers are still marginalized, invisible in the 'literary histories' and absent in the canon. We will show the conventional concepts (such as 'francophone', 'postmodern', 'postcolonial', ...) reveal problematic. Literary criticism has to be retaught and reconsidered for Haitian, female writings which ask for a interdisciplinary, cross-cultural and comparative approach.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Gyssels Kathleen
- Co-promoter: Rasson Luc
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- Research Project