Difficile à manier, le thème de l’homosexualité est peu exploité dans le domaine des arts. Dans la littérature jeunesse québécoise, on trouve peu de personnages principaux homosexuels constituant des représentations positives pour les adolescents. Double échappée, le premier volet de ce mémoire en recherche-création, résulte d’une volonté de contribuer à ce secteur en braquant le projecteur sur deux protagonistes adolescents qui vivent leur homosexualité en parallèle. L’un doit apprendre à vivre avec cette réalité qui est toute nouvelle pour lui tandis que le second, sorti du placard et censément à l’aise avec son homosexualité, se voit obligé de réaffirmer son identité lorsqu’il arrive dans un nouvel environnement. Leurs parcours s’entremêlent, leur relation grandit et on assiste à leurs prises de conscience, diverses certes, mais aussi complémentaires. Le second volet du mémoire, intitulé Se dire, se comprendre : l’homosexualité dans les romans québécois pour la jeunesse, sert en quelque sorte de cadre contextuel à Double échappée. Adoptant un parcours en grande partie sociologique, cet essai examine le traitement des enjeux identitaires soulevés par l’homosexualité dans quelques romans québécois. Y est brièvement analysée la manière dont six ouvrages récents destinés à la jeunesse portent le sujet, particulièrement en ce qui a trait à la prise de conscience identitaire et son expression. Cette étude se penche sur la façon dont ces récits proposent la découverte de l’homosexualité par des adolescents en s’attardant à la présentation des personnages homosexuels et leur cheminement. Il s’agit de mettre en lumière la manière dont le texte montre et fait entendre la voie/voix des protagonistes gays et lesbiens. / A delicate matter, homosexuality as a theme is seldom exploited in the arts. In Quebec’s literature for young people, we can only find a few main homosexual characters constituting positive representations for teenagers. Double échappée, the first part of this master thesis in research-creation, contributes to this field by directing the spotlight towards two teenagers who live their homosexuality in parallel. One has to learn to cope with this reality, a reality that is still new to him. At the same time, the other one, out of the closet and seamlessly at ease with his homosexuality, is forced to reaffirm his identity when he arrives in a new environment. Their paths are intertwined, their relationship grows and the reader is shown their awakenings, different but also tightly connected one to another. The second part of this master thesis, entitled Se dire, se comprendre : l’homosexualité dans les romans québécois pour la jeunesse, is somewhat Double échappée’s contextual frame. With the sociological implications of the topic in mind, this essay studies the various treatments of identity issues brought up by homosexuality in a few novels published in Quebec. It analyzes the way six recent works destined for young adults hold the topic of homosexuality, especially in regard to identity awareness and its expression. This study concentrates on the way those books propose the uncovering of homosexuality by teenagers by focussing on the homosexual characters’ representations and their progression. It is important to see how the stories give a voice to the lesbian and gay protagonists.

Esta tese de doutorado dentro da Área de Estudos Comparados de Literaturas de Língua Portuguesa teve por objetivo abordar e investigar nas obras de literatura para a juventude portuguesa e brasileira, a relevância de dois elementos estruturais importantes: Linguagem e Narrador. O intenso diálogo entre autor, texto e leitor cria um clima de cumplicidade, convidando este a participar ativamente da obra. Essa interação leitor/ texto mediada pelo narrador poderá ser o fio condutor capaz de provocar a reflexão e o espírito crítico no receptor. A obra precisa do leitor para se realizar, pois este contribui com suas vivências pessoais e dialoga com o texto dando-lhe \"vida\". A problemática da leitura foi e é analisada por inúmeros Educadores, Especialistas. Para nós a ênfase recai na Relação Prazerosa, Afetiva, Estética, pois se trata da Arte da Palavra. A proposta é investigar a importância da literariedade de obras de autores portugueses e brasileiros, podendo ser considerada, na formação de jovens leitores, como o elemento chave na perfeita associação: leitura-prazer. / This Doctorate in the Comparative Studies on Literature of Portuguese Language Area had as a purpose to broach and investigate in the literature works, for the Portuguese and Brazilian youths, the weightiness of two important structural elements: language and narrator. The intense dialogue among writer, text and reader creates a complicity atmosphere, inviting the latter to participate actively in the work. This interaction reader/text mediated by the narrator could be the conducting wire able to instigate the receiver\'s reflection and critical spirit. The literary work needs the reader to come about, as the reader contributes with his personal experiences and he talks with the text making it \"alive\". The problem of the reading was and is analysed by numberless educators, experts. For us, the emphasis falls again in the pleasant, affective, esthetic relationship, as it is the art of the word. The proposal is to investigate the importance of works of Portuguese and Brazilian writers\'s literature considering the upbringing of young readers, as the key element in the perfect association: reading-pleasure.

Difficile à manier, le thème de l’homosexualité est peu exploité dans le domaine des arts. Dans la littérature jeunesse québécoise, on trouve peu de personnages principaux homosexuels constituant des représentations positives pour les adolescents. Double échappée, le premier volet de ce mémoire en recherche-création, résulte d’une volonté de contribuer à ce secteur en braquant le projecteur sur deux protagonistes adolescents qui vivent leur homosexualité en parallèle. L’un doit apprendre à vivre avec cette réalité qui est toute nouvelle pour lui tandis que le second, sorti du placard et censément à l’aise avec son homosexualité, se voit obligé de réaffirmer son identité lorsqu’il arrive dans un nouvel environnement. Leurs parcours s’entremêlent, leur relation grandit et on assiste à leurs prises de conscience, diverses certes, mais aussi complémentaires. Le second volet du mémoire, intitulé Se dire, se comprendre : l’homosexualité dans les romans québécois pour la jeunesse, sert en quelque sorte de cadre contextuel à Double échappée. Adoptant un parcours en grande partie sociologique, cet essai examine le traitement des enjeux identitaires soulevés par l’homosexualité dans quelques romans québécois. Y est brièvement analysée la manière dont six ouvrages récents destinés à la jeunesse portent le sujet, particulièrement en ce qui a trait à la prise de conscience identitaire et son expression. Cette étude se penche sur la façon dont ces récits proposent la découverte de l’homosexualité par des adolescents en s’attardant à la présentation des personnages homosexuels et leur cheminement. Il s’agit de mettre en lumière la manière dont le texte montre et fait entendre la voie/voix des protagonistes gays et lesbiens. / A delicate matter, homosexuality as a theme is seldom exploited in the arts. In Quebec’s literature for young people, we can only find a few main homosexual characters constituting positive representations for teenagers. Double échappée, the first part of this master thesis in research-creation, contributes to this field by directing the spotlight towards two teenagers who live their homosexuality in parallel. One has to learn to cope with this reality, a reality that is still new to him. At the same time, the other one, out of the closet and seamlessly at ease with his homosexuality, is forced to reaffirm his identity when he arrives in a new environment. Their paths are intertwined, their relationship grows and the reader is shown their awakenings, different but also tightly connected one to another. The second part of this master thesis, entitled Se dire, se comprendre : l’homosexualité dans les romans québécois pour la jeunesse, is somewhat Double échappée’s contextual frame. With the sociological implications of the topic in mind, this essay studies the various treatments of identity issues brought up by homosexuality in a few novels published in Quebec. It analyzes the way six recent works destined for young adults hold the topic of homosexuality, especially in regard to identity awareness and its expression. This study concentrates on the way those books propose the uncovering of homosexuality by teenagers by focussing on the homosexual characters’ representations and their progression. It is important to see how the stories give a voice to the lesbian and gay protagonists.

Esta tese de doutorado dentro da Área de Estudos Comparados de Literaturas de Língua Portuguesa teve por objetivo abordar e investigar nas obras de literatura para a juventude portuguesa e brasileira, a relevância de dois elementos estruturais importantes: Linguagem e Narrador. O intenso diálogo entre autor, texto e leitor cria um clima de cumplicidade, convidando este a participar ativamente da obra. Essa interação leitor/ texto mediada pelo narrador poderá ser o fio condutor capaz de provocar a reflexão e o espírito crítico no receptor. A obra precisa do leitor para se realizar, pois este contribui com suas vivências pessoais e dialoga com o texto dando-lhe \"vida\". A problemática da leitura foi e é analisada por inúmeros Educadores, Especialistas. Para nós a ênfase recai na Relação Prazerosa, Afetiva, Estética, pois se trata da Arte da Palavra. A proposta é investigar a importância da literariedade de obras de autores portugueses e brasileiros, podendo ser considerada, na formação de jovens leitores, como o elemento chave na perfeita associação: leitura-prazer. / This Doctorate in the Comparative Studies on Literature of Portuguese Language Area had as a purpose to broach and investigate in the literature works, for the Portuguese and Brazilian youths, the weightiness of two important structural elements: language and narrator. The intense dialogue among writer, text and reader creates a complicity atmosphere, inviting the latter to participate actively in the work. This interaction reader/text mediated by the narrator could be the conducting wire able to instigate the receiver\'s reflection and critical spirit. The literary work needs the reader to come about, as the reader contributes with his personal experiences and he talks with the text making it \"alive\". The problem of the reading was and is analysed by numberless educators, experts. For us, the emphasis falls again in the pleasant, affective, esthetic relationship, as it is the art of the word. The proposal is to investigate the importance of works of Portuguese and Brazilian writers\'s literature considering the upbringing of young readers, as the key element in the perfect association: reading-pleasure.