Marcel Aymé's Magical Realism and Jean Giono' Marvelous Realism: Two Distinct Narrative Modes Le réalisme magique de Marcel Aymé et le réalisme merveilleux de Jean Giono : deux modes narratifs distincts En Fr

Résumé En Fr

In this study i take up and develop in french the core of the dissertation i wrote and defended in english at the university of texas at austin in 1991: magical versus marvelous realism as narrative modes in french fiction. Several narratives by marcel ayme are analyzed in the light of "magical realism" (as redefined by amaryll chanady in magical realism and the fantastic - resolved versus unresolved antinomy, new york & london, garland publ. ;1985). Several works of jean giono's alleged "first manner" are approached from the angle of my own definition of "marvelous realism" as a narrative mode. While magical realism is caracterized mainly by the resolved antinomy between the natural and the supernatural codes, and by authorial reticence, marvelous realism is defined by the fusion of the antinomious codes in authorial exaltation.

Dans cette etude, je reprends et developpe le noyau de ma these redigee en langue anglaise et soutenue a l'universite du texas à austin (magical versus marvelous realism as narrative modes in french fiction, 1991). Je propose d'y aborder plusieurs oeuvres de fiction de marcel ayme sous l'angle du mode narratif du "realisme magique" (defini par amaryll chanady dans magical realism and the fantastic - resolved versus unresolved antinomy, new york & london, garland publ. ; 1985) et quelques textes de la "premiere maniere" de jean giono, sous l'angle de ma propre definition d'un mode narratif du "realisme merveilleux". Alors que le realisme magique est defini par la resolution de l'antinomie entre les codes naturels et surnaturel, rendue possible par la reticence auctoriale, le realisme merveilleux est caracterise par la fusion des codes du mystere et du realisme produite par l'exaltation auctoriale.