Métamorphoses fantastiques. Des êtres aquatiques de Maurice Carême et d’Anne Richter
Fantastic metamorphoses. On water creatures in the writing of Maurice Carême and Anna Richter

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the aquatic element in two fantastic Belgian texts: Médua by Maurice Carême and La Grande pitié de la famille Zintram by Anne Richter, to study different functions: first, the aquatic space evokes the geography of mist and rain of Flanders, mythical land where everything can happen and around which floats an aura of mystery. The role of this location is twofold : it creates both the effect of reality and the fantastic effect. Water also has a diegetic function. Tainted with negative value, it has a negative influence on the characters: it triggers or promotes their metamorphosis and their decay.

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