The aspects and the stakes of the silence in Jacques le Fataliste of Diderot Cover Image

Les aspects et les enjeux du silence dans Jacques le fataliste de Diderot
The aspects and the stakes of the silence in Jacques le Fataliste of Diderot

Author(s): Salwa Ben Sassi-Taktak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Instytut Filologii Romańskiej & Wydawnictwo Werset
Keywords: silence; points of suspension; narrative ellipse; interruption; story

Summary/Abstract: The novel presents a variety of writings of silence; but we limit ourselves, in the context of the present work, to the most relevant aspects, namely interruptions in narratives, narrative ellipses and point of suspension as the particular language of silence. These three modalities nevertheless serve a prolix discourse, and are innovate. Suddenly the novel exemplifies what contemporary literature calls the anti-novel.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 23-33
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: French