L’usage de l’épigraphe et de la dédicace chez les fantastiqueurs belges
The use of the epigraph and the dedication in Belgian French-speaking fantastique

Author(s): Renata Bizek-Tatara
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Belgian literature; fantastique epigraph; dedication; paratext; Belgian school of the bizarre
Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the use of the epigraph and the dedication in Belgian French-speaking fantastique. The analysis of these paratext in the work of Jean Ray, Michel de Ghelderode, Jean Muno, Jean-Baptiste Baronian or Bernard Quiriny reveals that they make systematic and strategic use of them in order to seduce the reader with the promise of a strange adventure. They also seek to valorise their scriptural production and to make it a speciality of Belgian literature, namely a school of the bizarre.

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