This thesis as for object the diary literary genre. It is divided into two distinct parts: the first relates to textual criticism, and the second to the creation of a short diary novel. / The critical text's problematic is based-on the elaboration of indices of fictionality within an excerpt from the non-fictional diary of Henriette Dessaulles (Journal), where the author narrates her convalescence journey at Orchard Beach. Based on theoretical grounds generated by narratology and the pragmatics of speech acts, this research focuses on the function of two narrative strategies, elaborated by the diarist. These consist in the textual inscription of the addressee, as well as in the construction of the narrative voice. / As far as the creative text is concerned, it utilizes many generic features of the personal diary, amongst which can be found a relatively bare and unrestrained literary style; the rule of periodicity is also observed. Moreover, the aspects tackled in the text are typical to the tenor of teenager's personal diary: the search of one's identity, relationships with significant ones, sexual desire, friendships, loneliness and death. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.31134 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Creators | Proulx, Marie-Helene. |
| Contributors | Boucher, Jean-Pierre (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: 001808179, proquestno: MQ70314, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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