PLURALITÉ DES VOIX DANS LES ROMANS POUR LA JEUNESSE « L’ŒIL DU LOUP » DE DANIEL PENNAC
PLURALITY OF VOICES IN YOUTH NOVELS “THE EYE OF THE WOLF” BY DANIEL PENNAC

Summary/Abstract: A very talented author, enthusiastic defender of the pleasure of reading, Daniel Pennac has enjoyed success since the 1980s with the saga of the Malaussène family, the last volume of which has just been published. In June 2023, the French Academy awarded him its Grand Prix for Literature for all of his work. He is also known for his novels for young people, his autobiographical novels, comics, children’s albums and plays. His favorite themes are childhood, social non-conformity, reflection and self-knowledge, education and inequalities. The passionate reader is fully satisfied with the situational comedy, the stylistic discoveries, the play on words and the colloquial, often slang language of its atypical and very endearing characters. In this article, we analyze the plurality of voices in the youth novel The Eye of the Wolf which, together, create a unique and unrepeatable work.

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