This thesis attempts to retrace the conditions of birth of the diary as a literary genre. Through the historical transformations of its main characteristics such as the notions of time, individuality and discontinuity, we will further our analysis to the diaristic oeuvre of Jules Renard. His work represents the culmination and breaking point not only of the genre in itself but also of literature considered in a larger framework. We will try to prove that the direction of Renard's writing could have only led him to the dead end which is called silence.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.61092 |
| Date | January 1991 |
| Creators | Laporte, Jean-Yves |
| 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: 001271941, proquestno: AAIMM74694, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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