L’oreille littéraire. Aspects artistiques de l’écoute
The Literary Ear. Artistic Aspects of Listening

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to distinguish hearing from the sensory ensemble that nourishes the literary text and to reveal its sometimes driving force in the narrative. It takes the form of a triptych and each part contributes to discovering the importance of auditory images for the suggestive force of the literary text. The figures of hearing, much less studied than those of vision, offer a surprising point of view on the text. Attention is therefore focused on three aspects of hearing, which could be a) informative, b) distorting or c) creative. It has been known since Shakespeare that noise is a synonym of life, and that listening is a vital commitment. To live is to accept also the hubbub of the crowd, the din of the world – with its words, lies and illusions. The rest... is silence.

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