La tétralogie de Durtal: les objectifs de la déconstruction huysmansienne de la formule romanesque traditionnelle
Durtal’s tetralogy: objectives of Huysmans’ deconstruction of the traditional formula of novel

Author(s): Agata Sadkowska-Fidala
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: novel; naturalism; document; mysticism; protagonist; modification
Summary/Abstract: From "À rebours", the Huysmansian novel, faithful to the naturalistic aesthetic and to the traditional formula, sets off in a direction which is immediately identified by Zola as a blow to naturalism, and which also constitutes a blow brought to the novel as a genre. In the catholic trilogy, the plot deteriorates from novel to novel, the document takes over, the protagonist’s monologue invades the story. The author explains it by a desire to renew the novel formula, which arrived at an impasse; the pedagogical design of the cycle contributes to the need to seek a new form. But that’s not all. The changes introduced reflect the wishes and needs of the protagonist, who seeks to huddle in a safe place and dreams of finding a haven of peace in the spiritual realm.

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