L’intertexte théâtral dans l’Exil et le Royaume d’Albert Camus
The theatrical intertext in l’Exil et le Royaume by Albert Camus

Summary/Abstract: Camus stated in an interview that he had a passion for theater and that it was the only place in the world where he felt happy. He even exploited in his novels and short stories the dramatic efficiency of direct speaking of characters, time and stage space. But do these characteristics take sufficient account of the theatrical writing of a novelist like Albert Camus? Do not his texts contain the seeds of their theatricality and highlight their "hybridity"? We want to examine in this article the specificity of Camus's theatrical discourse in Exile and the Kingdom. We can ask ourselves if the mode of mimetic representation is a force of unification and homogenization of the narratives or a force of destabilization and bursting of the romantic universe. Why does Camus feel the need to borrow from the theater certain methods that he exploits in his novels and novels? What is the impact of theatrical writing on narrative discourse and readers?

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