La Force du désir de Krysinska comme roman à clef
Krysinska’s La Force du Désir as a roman à clef
Author(s): Ewa M. WierzbowskaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: roman à clef; mask; referentiality; Krysinska
Summary/Abstract: In Krysinska’s novel, La Force du Désir, which I consider a roman à clef, rich referentiality is a guarantee of authenticity. Spatial and cultural references build a world familiar to the reader who can easily decipher the prototypes of the presented characters. Moreover, Krysinska’s novel contains the philosophy of the mask, both explicitly and implicitly, within the characters’ behavior. This, however, does not exhaust the issue of the mask, because a roman à clef, on the generic level, is a mask of an esoteric novel.
Journal: Cahiers ERTA
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 28
- Page Range: 110-139
- Page Count: 30
- Language: French