« CETTE VOLONTÉ DE RÉSOUDRE LES ÉNIGMES… ». LE MODÈLE POLICIER DANS L’OEUVRE DE PATRICK MODIANO
"THIS WILLINGNESS TO SOLVE OUT ENIGMAS…". THE DETECTIVE STORY MODEL IN THE WORKS OF PATRICK MODIANO

Summary/Abstract: Most of Modiano’s novels, pertaining to all his writing periods, contain dangerous scenes in which young characters are victims of criminals and the action continues by an inquiry usually carried out by the narrator in order to find out the mystery concerning these missing persons or the authors of various crimes. There is a special kind of relation between many of Modiano’s novels and the thriller, because the author, even if much attracted to this kind of novel, does not necessarily obey its rules, and the enigma often grows deeper than in the beginning. This paper attempts to show the role and functions of the thriller in the fiction of the French author who was awarded the Noble Prize for literature in 2014, mostly for his great interest in memory and past. Thus, we embark upon the quest, which is not going to reveal the mystery, but, according to Dominique Rabaté, to open up the gate to “identity revelation”.

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