The purpose of this thesis is to gain a better understanding of linguistic representations among young Québec adults between 25 and 35 years old. Few studies have dealt with this subject since the 1990s, and the more recent work has been concerned with future teachers (Remysen, 2002) or high school students (Razafimandimbimanana, 2005). I chose to focus on young Québec adults raised after the Quiet Revolution and the adoption of the Charter of the French Language (1977) and who are not working in a field related to language in order to determine if, on the one hand, linguistic representations have changed since the 1990s and, on the other hand, if the facts of not being a"language professional" and of not being assessed by a learning institution anymore could affect their attitude towards language. Based on a corpus of interviews conducted with 30 young Québec adults living in and around Sherbrooke, this study aims firstly at collecting the opinions of my informants on various themes related to linguistic representations in Québec, i. e. superiority of French from France, the threat of English in Québec, the use of anglicisms, the degeneration of French in Québec, the concept of mistakes and the complexity of written French. Second, I identify the normative criteria revealed in the informants' discourse that are used to assess the French that is spoken in Québec. This identification is based on an argumentative analysis of the epilinguistic discourse in order to shed light on commonplaces, which are clues of what the informants view as being part of the common standards. Based on the criteria I found, in combination with the standards of A.-M. Houdebine's linguistic imaginary, I developed a hierarchy allowing to determine, on the one hand, which criteria most often lead to a conclusion, and on the other hand, which ones are only used as a concession, indicating that they are acknowledged as a common standard but not taken up by the informant. As some commonplaces are not agreed upon in the discourse on language, I analyse the discourse in which these contradictions are found while paying special attention to the scope of the arguments put forward and to the dissociation of concepts, which helps foster a better understanding of these apparent contradictions.The results of this research reveal, among the group of a speakers interviewed, a certain tolerance towards discrepancies from the standard described in reference works as well as a certain indifference regarding the standard coming from France. Moreover, the normative criteria that bear the greatest argumentative weight are criteria associated to the use of the language, not to the standard of reference. This distinction between use and standard is also found in the explanation of contradictions, which means that the informants make a distinction between assessment of their own use of French and assessment of the use of others (for instance using French of France) and between the spoken language and the"ideal" language.The conclusions drawn from the various analyses carried out in this study reveal a greater linguistic security among my informants than among the populations that had been examined in previous studies.

As chamadas teorias pós-coloniais iniciaram, na década de 1980, uma revisão histórica que levou ao resgate da história de povos conquistados e ao questionamento de teorias estabelecidas, como é o caso da teoria de aculturação. A arqueologia, influenciada pelas revisões pós-coloniais, começou a reformular a história do Império Romano e das províncias a ele incorporadas, entre elas, e de especial interesse no presente trabalho, as províncias estabelecidas em territórios “celtas” e no norte da Grã-Bretanha. Além de questionamentos sobre a teoria de romanização, arqueólogos como Simon James constataram que estas populações possuíam culturas de base local, mostrando que os inúmeros povos rotulados como “celtas” pertenciam a tradições múltiplas e autônomas. No entanto, a cultura popular e inclusive alguns acadêmicos divulgam uma imagem consistente de uma “civilização celta”, habitante de regiões que iam da Espanha aos Balcãs e do norte da Itália às Ilhas Britânicas, para a qual eram as similaridades e não as diferenças que importavam. Mesmo tendo permanecido por muito tempo como um povo à parte, desde a década de 1950, os pictos (ou bretões do norte) também têm sido incluídos nesta grande civilização. Porém, embora autores gregos e romanos colocassem um grande número de povos continentais antigos sob um único rótulo – celtas -, o mesmo não é verdade com relação aos antigos habitantes das ilhas britânicas: para estes, os autores utilizavam o nome bretões, diferenciando-os dos bárbaros continentais. Ainda assim, iniciada no século XVII, a construção da história de uma civilização celta, à qual os bretões (habitantes da província romana, em um primeiro momento, e, mais tardiamente, também os bretões do norte) foram incluídos, encontra suporte nos autores clássicos: a similaridade das caracterizações de celtas, gálatas ou gauleses com as dos bretões é notável. De acordo com David Rankin, a cristalização da imagem destes bárbaros deve-se, em grande medida, ao sistema de educação retórico, o qual punha considerável ênfase no aprendizado de lugares-comuns. Seguindo o raciocínio de Rankin, o presente trabalho se propõe a analisar as descrições sobre o modo de fazer guerra de bretões do norte, comparando-as com aquelas dos povos chamados de celtas do continente europeu. Esta comparação se dá ainda à luz das considerações sobre o papel da influência da retórica na história, a inventio, as digressões etnográficas e os lugares-comuns – utilizando para esse fim, as indicações de antigos manuais retóricos. A definição de lugar-comum, um conceito chave para a análise, foi extraída do manual Da Invenção, de Cícero. Além disso, essas caracterizações foram entendidas como representações, seguindo a teoria proposta pelo historiador Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit que define uma representação enquanto uma operação de três lugares. / The so-called postcolonial theories began a historical review, in the 1980s, which led to the rescue of the history of conquered peoples and to the questioning of established theories, such as the acculturation theory. Archaeology, influenced by postcolonial reviews, began to reformulate the history of the Roman Empire and of the provinces the Empire had incorporated. Among these provinces, and of particular interest in this study, the ones established in “Celtic” territories and in North Britain. In addition to questions about the Romanization theory, archaeologists as Simon James found that these people had locally based cultures, showing that countless people labeled as “Celtic” belonged to multiple and autonomous traditions. However, popular culture and even some academics disseminated a consistent image of a “Celtic civilization”, inhabitant of areas ranging from Spain to the Balkans and from Northern Italy to the British Isles, to which were the similarities, and not the differences, that mattered. Even having stayed long as a people apart, since the 1950s, the Picts (or North Britons) have also been included in this great civilization. But, although Greek and Roman authors placed a large number of ancient continental peoples under a single label - Celtic - the same is not true for the former inhabitants of the British Isles: for these, the authors used the name Britons, differentiating them from the continental barbarians. Still, started in the seventeenth century, the construction of the history of a Celtic civilization, in which the Britons (the inhabitants of the Roman province, first, and later also the Britons of the North) were included, is supported by the classic authors: the similarity between the the characterization of the Celts, Galatians or Gauls with that of the Britons is remarkable. Still, started in the seventeenth century, the construction of the history of a Celtic civilization, in which the Britons (inhabitants of the Roman province, at first, and later also the Britons of the North) were included, is supported by the classic authors: the similarity between the characterization of the Celts, Galatians or Gauls with that of the Britons is remarkable. According to David Rankin, the crystallization of the image of these “barbarians” is due largely to the rhetorical education system, which put considerable emphasis on commonplaces learning. Following Rankin’s argument, this study aims to analyze the descriptions about the North Britons’ way of making war, comparing it with that of the so-called Celtic people of Europe. This comparison is done with the support of considerations about the role of the influence of rhetoric in history, the inventio, the ethnographic digressions and the commonplaces - using for this purpose, instructions given by ancient rhetorical manuals. The definition of commonplace, a key concept for the analysis was taken from Cicero’s manual, On Invention. Moreover, these characterizations were understood as representations, following the theory proposed by the historian Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit, who defines a representation as a three places operation.

As chamadas teorias pós-coloniais iniciaram, na década de 1980, uma revisão histórica que levou ao resgate da história de povos conquistados e ao questionamento de teorias estabelecidas, como é o caso da teoria de aculturação. A arqueologia, influenciada pelas revisões pós-coloniais, começou a reformular a história do Império Romano e das províncias a ele incorporadas, entre elas, e de especial interesse no presente trabalho, as províncias estabelecidas em territórios “celtas” e no norte da Grã-Bretanha. Além de questionamentos sobre a teoria de romanização, arqueólogos como Simon James constataram que estas populações possuíam culturas de base local, mostrando que os inúmeros povos rotulados como “celtas” pertenciam a tradições múltiplas e autônomas. No entanto, a cultura popular e inclusive alguns acadêmicos divulgam uma imagem consistente de uma “civilização celta”, habitante de regiões que iam da Espanha aos Balcãs e do norte da Itália às Ilhas Britânicas, para a qual eram as similaridades e não as diferenças que importavam. Mesmo tendo permanecido por muito tempo como um povo à parte, desde a década de 1950, os pictos (ou bretões do norte) também têm sido incluídos nesta grande civilização. Porém, embora autores gregos e romanos colocassem um grande número de povos continentais antigos sob um único rótulo – celtas -, o mesmo não é verdade com relação aos antigos habitantes das ilhas britânicas: para estes, os autores utilizavam o nome bretões, diferenciando-os dos bárbaros continentais. Ainda assim, iniciada no século XVII, a construção da história de uma civilização celta, à qual os bretões (habitantes da província romana, em um primeiro momento, e, mais tardiamente, também os bretões do norte) foram incluídos, encontra suporte nos autores clássicos: a similaridade das caracterizações de celtas, gálatas ou gauleses com as dos bretões é notável. De acordo com David Rankin, a cristalização da imagem destes bárbaros deve-se, em grande medida, ao sistema de educação retórico, o qual punha considerável ênfase no aprendizado de lugares-comuns. Seguindo o raciocínio de Rankin, o presente trabalho se propõe a analisar as descrições sobre o modo de fazer guerra de bretões do norte, comparando-as com aquelas dos povos chamados de celtas do continente europeu. Esta comparação se dá ainda à luz das considerações sobre o papel da influência da retórica na história, a inventio, as digressões etnográficas e os lugares-comuns – utilizando para esse fim, as indicações de antigos manuais retóricos. A definição de lugar-comum, um conceito chave para a análise, foi extraída do manual Da Invenção, de Cícero. Além disso, essas caracterizações foram entendidas como representações, seguindo a teoria proposta pelo historiador Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit que define uma representação enquanto uma operação de três lugares. / The so-called postcolonial theories began a historical review, in the 1980s, which led to the rescue of the history of conquered peoples and to the questioning of established theories, such as the acculturation theory. Archaeology, influenced by postcolonial reviews, began to reformulate the history of the Roman Empire and of the provinces the Empire had incorporated. Among these provinces, and of particular interest in this study, the ones established in “Celtic” territories and in North Britain. In addition to questions about the Romanization theory, archaeologists as Simon James found that these people had locally based cultures, showing that countless people labeled as “Celtic” belonged to multiple and autonomous traditions. However, popular culture and even some academics disseminated a consistent image of a “Celtic civilization”, inhabitant of areas ranging from Spain to the Balkans and from Northern Italy to the British Isles, to which were the similarities, and not the differences, that mattered. Even having stayed long as a people apart, since the 1950s, the Picts (or North Britons) have also been included in this great civilization. But, although Greek and Roman authors placed a large number of ancient continental peoples under a single label - Celtic - the same is not true for the former inhabitants of the British Isles: for these, the authors used the name Britons, differentiating them from the continental barbarians. Still, started in the seventeenth century, the construction of the history of a Celtic civilization, in which the Britons (the inhabitants of the Roman province, first, and later also the Britons of the North) were included, is supported by the classic authors: the similarity between the the characterization of the Celts, Galatians or Gauls with that of the Britons is remarkable. Still, started in the seventeenth century, the construction of the history of a Celtic civilization, in which the Britons (inhabitants of the Roman province, at first, and later also the Britons of the North) were included, is supported by the classic authors: the similarity between the characterization of the Celts, Galatians or Gauls with that of the Britons is remarkable. According to David Rankin, the crystallization of the image of these “barbarians” is due largely to the rhetorical education system, which put considerable emphasis on commonplaces learning. Following Rankin’s argument, this study aims to analyze the descriptions about the North Britons’ way of making war, comparing it with that of the so-called Celtic people of Europe. This comparison is done with the support of considerations about the role of the influence of rhetoric in history, the inventio, the ethnographic digressions and the commonplaces - using for this purpose, instructions given by ancient rhetorical manuals. The definition of commonplace, a key concept for the analysis was taken from Cicero’s manual, On Invention. Moreover, these characterizations were understood as representations, following the theory proposed by the historian Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit, who defines a representation as a three places operation.

As chamadas teorias pós-coloniais iniciaram, na década de 1980, uma revisão histórica que levou ao resgate da história de povos conquistados e ao questionamento de teorias estabelecidas, como é o caso da teoria de aculturação. A arqueologia, influenciada pelas revisões pós-coloniais, começou a reformular a história do Império Romano e das províncias a ele incorporadas, entre elas, e de especial interesse no presente trabalho, as províncias estabelecidas em territórios “celtas” e no norte da Grã-Bretanha. Além de questionamentos sobre a teoria de romanização, arqueólogos como Simon James constataram que estas populações possuíam culturas de base local, mostrando que os inúmeros povos rotulados como “celtas” pertenciam a tradições múltiplas e autônomas. No entanto, a cultura popular e inclusive alguns acadêmicos divulgam uma imagem consistente de uma “civilização celta”, habitante de regiões que iam da Espanha aos Balcãs e do norte da Itália às Ilhas Britânicas, para a qual eram as similaridades e não as diferenças que importavam. Mesmo tendo permanecido por muito tempo como um povo à parte, desde a década de 1950, os pictos (ou bretões do norte) também têm sido incluídos nesta grande civilização. Porém, embora autores gregos e romanos colocassem um grande número de povos continentais antigos sob um único rótulo – celtas -, o mesmo não é verdade com relação aos antigos habitantes das ilhas britânicas: para estes, os autores utilizavam o nome bretões, diferenciando-os dos bárbaros continentais. Ainda assim, iniciada no século XVII, a construção da história de uma civilização celta, à qual os bretões (habitantes da província romana, em um primeiro momento, e, mais tardiamente, também os bretões do norte) foram incluídos, encontra suporte nos autores clássicos: a similaridade das caracterizações de celtas, gálatas ou gauleses com as dos bretões é notável. De acordo com David Rankin, a cristalização da imagem destes bárbaros deve-se, em grande medida, ao sistema de educação retórico, o qual punha considerável ênfase no aprendizado de lugares-comuns. Seguindo o raciocínio de Rankin, o presente trabalho se propõe a analisar as descrições sobre o modo de fazer guerra de bretões do norte, comparando-as com aquelas dos povos chamados de celtas do continente europeu. Esta comparação se dá ainda à luz das considerações sobre o papel da influência da retórica na história, a inventio, as digressões etnográficas e os lugares-comuns – utilizando para esse fim, as indicações de antigos manuais retóricos. A definição de lugar-comum, um conceito chave para a análise, foi extraída do manual Da Invenção, de Cícero. Além disso, essas caracterizações foram entendidas como representações, seguindo a teoria proposta pelo historiador Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit que define uma representação enquanto uma operação de três lugares. / The so-called postcolonial theories began a historical review, in the 1980s, which led to the rescue of the history of conquered peoples and to the questioning of established theories, such as the acculturation theory. Archaeology, influenced by postcolonial reviews, began to reformulate the history of the Roman Empire and of the provinces the Empire had incorporated. Among these provinces, and of particular interest in this study, the ones established in “Celtic” territories and in North Britain. In addition to questions about the Romanization theory, archaeologists as Simon James found that these people had locally based cultures, showing that countless people labeled as “Celtic” belonged to multiple and autonomous traditions. However, popular culture and even some academics disseminated a consistent image of a “Celtic civilization”, inhabitant of areas ranging from Spain to the Balkans and from Northern Italy to the British Isles, to which were the similarities, and not the differences, that mattered. Even having stayed long as a people apart, since the 1950s, the Picts (or North Britons) have also been included in this great civilization. But, although Greek and Roman authors placed a large number of ancient continental peoples under a single label - Celtic - the same is not true for the former inhabitants of the British Isles: for these, the authors used the name Britons, differentiating them from the continental barbarians. Still, started in the seventeenth century, the construction of the history of a Celtic civilization, in which the Britons (the inhabitants of the Roman province, first, and later also the Britons of the North) were included, is supported by the classic authors: the similarity between the the characterization of the Celts, Galatians or Gauls with that of the Britons is remarkable. Still, started in the seventeenth century, the construction of the history of a Celtic civilization, in which the Britons (inhabitants of the Roman province, at first, and later also the Britons of the North) were included, is supported by the classic authors: the similarity between the characterization of the Celts, Galatians or Gauls with that of the Britons is remarkable. According to David Rankin, the crystallization of the image of these “barbarians” is due largely to the rhetorical education system, which put considerable emphasis on commonplaces learning. Following Rankin’s argument, this study aims to analyze the descriptions about the North Britons’ way of making war, comparing it with that of the so-called Celtic people of Europe. This comparison is done with the support of considerations about the role of the influence of rhetoric in history, the inventio, the ethnographic digressions and the commonplaces - using for this purpose, instructions given by ancient rhetorical manuals. The definition of commonplace, a key concept for the analysis was taken from Cicero’s manual, On Invention. Moreover, these characterizations were understood as representations, following the theory proposed by the historian Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit, who defines a representation as a three places operation.

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Tendo em vista que os textos jornalísticos de vulgarização científica são predominantemente argumentativos, o estudo da argumentação presente neles permite elucidar algumas características de seu funcionamento textual. A análise proposta aqui privilegia o exame de dois de seus componentes centrais, considerados fundadores de sua configuração argumentativa típica: os lugares-comuns e os percursos argumentativos. Os primeiros referem-se a idéias ou modos de raciocínio socialmente aceitos e tidos como válidos independentemente de comprovação, constituindo objetos de acordo primários, com base nos quais a arguimentação se torna possível. Os segundos dizem respeito à forma como os lugares se encadeiam e sucedem no interior de um quadro argumentativo, dando forma à macroestrutura argumentativa dos textos de vulgarização científica. A análise procura demonstrar que a formulação da questão argumentativa e a escolha dos lugares-comuns determinam a forma assumida pelos percursos geradores da estrutura argumentativa e que, nos textos jornalísticos de vulgarização científica, essa estrutura tem configuração em forma de labirinto. Para tanto, o estudo se divide em três partes: na primeira, analisa-se a noção de vulgarização científica e se procura entender como pode os chamados textos de vulgarização podem se constituir como objetos analisáveis. Na segunda, busca-se um modelo analítico capaz de levar à compreensão do funcionamento dos textos de vulgarização. Na terceira, discute-se o papel dos lugares-comuns nos percursos argumentativos analisados. / The study of argumentation in popular scientific texts allows one to identify certain characteristics concerning their textual operation. An analysis of the argumentative structure of texts, in particular of those found in specialist scientific publications, shows two components essential to this type of text: the topoi (both commonplace and specialist) and the sequence of arguments. The topoi, be they true, plausible or generally accepted ideas, are at the heart of any argumentation, and it is on the basis of the topoi that the proponent constructs his persuasive reasoning. The sequence of arguments constitutes the manner in which the topoï are connected and follow one another within the argumentative structure. It brings together the discursive competence (which can be sometimes linguistic, rhetorical, logical or encyclopaedic) as well as the emotions of the advocate. In this way, the topoi give form to the micro/macrostructures arguments of the aforesaid published texts. The analysis is made starting from the components of enunciation theory, pragmatism and rhetoric and makes it possible to show that the choice of the topoi by the proponent or presenter determines the configuration or labyrintic of the arguments as presented in the text.

This thesis is a narrative inquiry into the experiences of two childrens lives in school. I lived alongside the two children in their grade five classroom for eight months of their school year inquiring into the ways that their school experiences and their relationships with the teacher, classmates, and subject matter influenced the way they composed their stories to live by. In this thesis I share a personal reflection on the way my story to live by has been shaped by my experiences, specifically as a student, a teacher, and a researcher. I use field notes and taped conversations with each of the two boys to retell the stories they shared with me and apply them to literature and theory. I use Deweys Criteria of Experience within a narrative framework to help understand and retell the stories of the two boys as well as Clandinin, Pushor, and Murray Orrs commonplaces of narrative inquiry: place, temporality, and sociality. I explore Aokis planned and lived curriculum and Noddings ethic of care and fidelity in teaching as they applied to the inquiry.

This thesis is a narrative inquiry into the experiences of two childrens lives in school. I lived alongside the two children in their grade five classroom for eight months of their school year inquiring into the ways that their school experiences and their relationships with the teacher, classmates, and subject matter influenced the way they composed their stories to live by. In this thesis I share a personal reflection on the way my story to live by has been shaped by my experiences, specifically as a student, a teacher, and a researcher. I use field notes and taped conversations with each of the two boys to retell the stories they shared with me and apply them to literature and theory. I use Deweys Criteria of Experience within a narrative framework to help understand and retell the stories of the two boys as well as Clandinin, Pushor, and Murray Orrs commonplaces of narrative inquiry: place, temporality, and sociality. I explore Aokis planned and lived curriculum and Noddings ethic of care and fidelity in teaching as they applied to the inquiry.

Tendo em vista que os textos jornalísticos de vulgarização científica são predominantemente argumentativos, o estudo da argumentação presente neles permite elucidar algumas características de seu funcionamento textual. A análise proposta aqui privilegia o exame de dois de seus componentes centrais, considerados fundadores de sua configuração argumentativa típica: os lugares-comuns e os percursos argumentativos. Os primeiros referem-se a idéias ou modos de raciocínio socialmente aceitos e tidos como válidos independentemente de comprovação, constituindo objetos de acordo primários, com base nos quais a arguimentação se torna possível. Os segundos dizem respeito à forma como os lugares se encadeiam e sucedem no interior de um quadro argumentativo, dando forma à macroestrutura argumentativa dos textos de vulgarização científica. A análise procura demonstrar que a formulação da questão argumentativa e a escolha dos lugares-comuns determinam a forma assumida pelos percursos geradores da estrutura argumentativa e que, nos textos jornalísticos de vulgarização científica, essa estrutura tem configuração em forma de labirinto. Para tanto, o estudo se divide em três partes: na primeira, analisa-se a noção de vulgarização científica e se procura entender como pode os chamados textos de vulgarização podem se constituir como objetos analisáveis. Na segunda, busca-se um modelo analítico capaz de levar à compreensão do funcionamento dos textos de vulgarização. Na terceira, discute-se o papel dos lugares-comuns nos percursos argumentativos analisados. / The study of argumentation in popular scientific texts allows one to identify certain characteristics concerning their textual operation. An analysis of the argumentative structure of texts, in particular of those found in specialist scientific publications, shows two components essential to this type of text: the topoi (both commonplace and specialist) and the sequence of arguments. The topoi, be they true, plausible or generally accepted ideas, are at the heart of any argumentation, and it is on the basis of the topoi that the proponent constructs his persuasive reasoning. The sequence of arguments constitutes the manner in which the topoï are connected and follow one another within the argumentative structure. It brings together the discursive competence (which can be sometimes linguistic, rhetorical, logical or encyclopaedic) as well as the emotions of the advocate. In this way, the topoi give form to the micro/macrostructures arguments of the aforesaid published texts. The analysis is made starting from the components of enunciation theory, pragmatism and rhetoric and makes it possible to show that the choice of the topoi by the proponent or presenter determines the configuration or labyrintic of the arguments as presented in the text.

une délicate maison de bêtises est un recueil de poésie qui explore la tension entre rester et partir. La sujet lyrique évoquée dans les poèmes est tiraillée entre son envie de connexion, de relation, et son besoin de liberté. Écrit en vers libres, séparé en trois parties selon les affects de la sujet, le recueil explore les espaces, physiques et émotionnels, que l’on fuit puis réinvestit incessamment. L’essai s’intéresse au recueil Là où fuit le monde en lumière de Rose Eliceiry et analyse comment les lieux mis en place dans les poèmes interagissent avec la sujet lyrique. Il réfléchit à l’inscription de la douleur sur les corps, que ceux-ci soient humains ou urbains. S’appuyant notamment sur le concept de Thirdspace développé par le géographe Edward W. Soja, il invite à repenser les lieux au-delà de leur inscription physique et mentale, dans ce qu’ils peuvent produire comme espaces tiers. La compréhension de ces emplacements autres se construit également à partir des travaux de Michel Foucault, autour de ce qu’il nomme des hétérotopies et des hétérochronies. Entrant et sortant de ces espaces autres, la sujet lyrique d’Eliceiry est soumise aux délimitations des lieux qui l’accueillent ou la rejettent. Malgré l’importance de l’altérité au cœur de la poésie, cet essai étudie également la présence et la signification de multiples lieux communs insérés dans la parole poétique. Ces topoï littéraires ancrent l’œuvre et l’expérience de la sujet lyrique dans notre contemporanéité en évoquant à la fois certains enjeux de l’époque et différentes réalités sociales. / une délicate maison de bêtises is a book of poetry that explores the tension between staying and going. The lyrical subject evoked in the poems is torn between its desire for connection, for relationship, and its need for freedom. Written in free verses, separated into three parts according to the affects of the subject, the book explores places, physical and emotional, that we avoid and then constantly reinvest. This dissertation focuses on the book of poetry Là où fuit le monde en lumière of the Quebecoise poet Rose Eliceiry. It analyses how the places of the city interact with the lyrical subject. It explores the inscription of pain on bodies, whether they are human or urban. Based on the concept of Thirdspace developed by the geographer Edward W. Soja, it invites us to rethink places beyond their physical and mental inscription, in what they can produce as othering spaces. The understanding of these spaces is also built around the work of Michel Foucault, from what he calls heterotopias and heterochronies. Entering and leaving these other areas, the lyrical subject of Eliceiry is vulnerable to the boundaries of the places that welcome or reject her. Despite the importance of otherness at the heart of the poems, this essay also studies the presence and significance of multiple commonplaces inserted in the poetic speech. These literary topoi anchor the work and experience of the lyrical subject in our contemporaneity by evoking both certain issues of the time and different social realities.