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La Syllepse, figure du fantastique
The Syllepsis, Figure of the Fantastic

Author(s): Anca Murar
Subject(s): Semiotics / Semiology, Novel, French Literature, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: syllepsis; fantastic; syncretic; otherness; co-creation;

Summary/Abstract: In Corinna Bille’s fantastic novels, the figure of syllepsis enhances the concomitant expression of different categories in order to view a hybrid being whose reference is exclusively literal. Obviously syncretic, the syllepsis emphasizes the ambiguity of fantastic aesthetics and involves the reader in a process of co-creation, making the unspeakable creatures tangible, creatures built up through the realization of a visual poiesis resorting to a semiotic perception.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 105-109
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: French