Le post-scriptum dans Le Sahara de Théophile Gautier entre l’interprétation critique et la réécriture
The Post-scriptum in “Sahara” by Théophile Gautier between critical interpretation and re-rewriting

Summary/Abstract: Criticism is a staple activity for Théophile Gautier. It is strongly linked to interpretation, to analysis and also to rewriting. In order to relate this activity to the postscript in his work, we have chosen to examine ”Le Sahara” as a text reflecting fruitful work on multiple levels. This is a text showing the image of a sublime eastern desert which attracts the reader's attention on a travelogue entitled ”Un été au Sahara” by Eugène Fromentin. It is also a text based on the alternation between interpretation and rewriting, presenting Le Sahara as a new text that has allowed us to see the desert as a place of cultural and literary encounter of two writers. The aim of our paper is to study the different characteristics of critical interpretation as well as the rewriting in Le Sahara by Théophile Gautier with the goal of demonstrating its interest as a major form of an undeniable textual postscript.

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