Jouer sa vie en batifolant: lecture sociocritique des textes de Philippe Charron
Flirting with Life: a Sociocritical Reading of Philippe Charron’s Texts

Author(s): Jean-François Chassay
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Philippe Charron; sociocriticism; society; language
Summary/Abstract: It is hard to classify Philippe Charron’s books titled Supporters tuilés and Journée des dupes. They neither novels, nor poetry books nor short stories. They are rather brief and sometimes laconic fragments which are linked: (false) aphorisms, proverbial forms, more or less insane lists, strange dialogues, theatrical scenes… The books do not give a clear political matter, but offer an original overview of the contemporary occidental society. A sociocriticical lecture sheds new light on specific issues of the books. It allows to demonstrate author’s very particular use of language, strongly characterized by the pragmatic philosophy. And behind that, we can see the reappearance of a political view.

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