This thesis is a study of laughter (le "rire") and strangeness ("l'insolite") in five novels (Les Jumeaux du Diable, La Jument Verte, La Vouivre, Travelingue, La Belle Image) by French writer Marcel Ayme (1902--1967). The theoretical notions used are mainly provided by literary and philosophical works from Bakhtine and Ricoeur; they also come from the rich literary tradition of humour and supernatural (le "merveilleux"). An intimate reading of the funniness (la "drolerie") in the stories allows one to characterize each novel in particular, but it also provides essential grounds to some reflections on Marcel Ayme's art of the novel. Among aspects treated, great emphasis is put on supernatural beings (devil, fabulous animal), the splitting of narrative voice, on connivance and transgression, on exacerbation of materiality and resolution of antagonisms, on ambivalence of meaning and on humor as a refusal of seriousness.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.79284 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | Bélisle, Mathieu |
| Contributors | Ricard, Francois (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: 001985161, proquestno: AAIMQ88616, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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