2005
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Henri Mitterand, « Le récit et son discours impliqué : La Petite Roque de Guy de Maupassant », Littérature, ID : 10.3406/litt.2005.1915
Narration and its Implied Discourse: Little Roque l Discourse analysis is limited in its scope for socio-criticism unless brought to account for the totality of a singular discursive system — including narrative. Applied to Little Roque this shows, beyond explicit social discourse, the neurotic fear of nature embedded in the cultured main character's breakdown — and in Maupassant.