Le discours littéraire hybride - forme de lenteur dans le roman postmoderniste. Précipitation de la narration versus lenteur de l’essai dans les romans d’Éric Emmanuel Schmitt
Hybrid literary discourse - form of slowness in the postmodernist novel. Haste in the narration versus slowness in the essay in the novels of Éric Emmanuel Schmitt

Author(s): Marilena BANU
Subject(s): French Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Junimea
Keywords: Postmodernism; hybrid; essay; narration; introspection; slowness;
Summary/Abstract: Starting from the difficulty of defining postmodernism, of setting its boundaries with modernism and anti-modernism, which implies a slowness of literary theory, we decided to see how the preference for hybrids specific to postmodernism impacts the writing of novels. The intertwining of the narrative and the essay requires a certain rhythm of reading implying the pleasure of immersing yourself in the story and the desire to find the meanings. The slowness given by the difficulty of defining postmodernism is transmitted in postmodernist works through hybrid discourse. Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's work is an example of the intersection between the precipitation of the narration and the slowness of the essay, even if his work is intended to be a merry, playful one. The proposed essay themes are profound and require a slow reading to deepen the meanings.

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