The Contemporary Rhetoric of Paternity: The Case of Chevillard Cover Image

Rhétoriques contemporaines de la paternité Le cas de Chevillard
The Contemporary Rhetoric of Paternity: The Case of Chevillard

Author(s): Anna Maziarczyk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: father; paternity; father–daughter relations; blog

Summary/Abstract: Finding new forms for a literary representation of the father is a challenge, as family relations constitute one of the most popular literary motifs. Éric Chevillard’s innovative presentation of this subject takes the form of an unconventional blog, which is more literary than personal, and which exists in electronic and print formats. This peculiar – half-fictional, halfautobiographical – diary tells the story of a “housewriter,” combining creative pursuits with everyday fatherly duties, and thus invites the reader to reflect on the father–daughter relation and the changes it is undergoing in our times.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 161-169
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: French