There are several ways of utilizing the plurality of narrative instances in a novel; the "stereoscopic view", which presents an object through the lens of several perceptions, is one of these ways. This is the case of Des feuilles dans la bourrasque (La Hojarasca), Gabriel Garcia Marquez's first novel, which will be at the center of our reflection on multiple narratives. We will study the structure of the novel through the notion of "parallax", which implies the fragmentation of the object by the marginalization of each one its points of view. However, it is by revealing the "stereoscopic" character of the novel with multiple narratives that the apparent lack of cohesion of the text will be qualified. The study will conclude with the following question: Does the structure of a novel with multiple narratives raise an ethical concern? / Ecluses is a story in five tempos, composed of five chronologically isolated short stories, which are interconnected by a context of common events and characters. The narrative of each of these short stories is supported by a distinct character. Nevertheless, it is the sum of the characters' perceptions, due to the active participation of the reader who has the role of making the different points of view converse, that the story to takes shape and goes forward.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.79943 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | Gibbs, Mélisandre |
| Contributors | Rivard, Yvon (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | French |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Département de langue et littérature françaises.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002131372, proquestno: AAIMQ98443, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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