Writing subversed by serigraphy in graphic poems of Roland Giguère Cover Image

L’écriture détournée par la sérigraphie dans les poèmes-estampes de Roland Giguère
Writing subversed by serigraphy in graphic poems of Roland Giguère

Author(s): Emmanuelle Pelard
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Instytut Filologii Romańskiej & Wydawnictwo Werset
Keywords: Quebec surrealism; Roland Giguère; graphic poetry; poetic serigraphy; semiotic experiment

Summary/Abstract: The surrealist Quebec poet, painter and artists’ books editor Roland Giguère has based his entire work on a dialogue between poetry and visual arts (painting, serigraphy, typography) in order to experiment the iconicity of writing. He has composed a graphic poetry made of plastic and iconic signs as well as graphic signs, playing with the semiotic ambiguity to create poetic effects and sense. His polysemiotic experiment of the poem based on a specific use of serigraphy has impacted the readability, but has paradoxically shown a new kind of poeticity and the expressiveness of writing. The aim of this article is to establish how the writing subversion and the semiotic experiment allowed by an original use of serigraphy creates poetry.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 108-117
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: French