Narrator

journals excerpts are written in italics and enclosed at the end of each chapter. Wiebe also have recourse to Bellot’s Memoirs to recreate John Hepburn’s account of the events in the fifth chapter. The second technique is the invention of an external narrator focusing on the Yellowknifes Indians’ point of view. Moreover, men and women voices of the Indians are heard through characters such as Keskarrah, Broadface, Bigfoot, Birdseye, Greenstockings, Greywind and general women “protest”(p.297). Therefore

me of the “Land of Opportunity”, a country where you can hope for better prospects. Nevertheless, the word “gutters” is also reminiscent of a harsh reality: you don’t always succeed in making your dreams come true. 2 - There: America - We: the narrator and his wife 3 - Age: “still young” (l. 2) - Family status: in a relationship “my darling” (l. 2) + “my lovely” (l. 4) - Plans for the future: “we’ll make our home in the American Land” (l. 6-7) 4 It refers to the people who live in America.

Mateo attempts to discourage Andre from keeping his appointment, recounting his own frustrating pursuit of Conchita as a warning. This account takes up most of the novel. Thus the omniscient narrator who reported on the thoughts and actions of a French tourist in Seville is replaced by a first person narrator who dominates until almost the end of the novel. This frame narration technique will be used by Buiiuel in the film as well. When Mateo first met Concha three years earlier, she was a provocative

soutenue en avril 1985. Voici d'abord le résumé anglais de la thèse.] The thesis sets out to examine three recent navels written in French, one from Ouebec and two from France, in each of which the principal voice is that of a first-person child narrator: Tête Blanche by Marie­ Claire Blais (1960), L'Opoponax by Monique Wittig (1964), and La vie devant soi by Émile Ajar (1975). ln particular, the successive analyses seek to elucidate the view of the world that is presented, both direct/y by the

imagination, Winterson defies people’s common thoughts. rejection of the patriarchal vision of history and perception of time. The dog woman intervenes in this patriarchal history and changes it. * The structure also confuses the reader: 2 narrators, 2 “I” “I” = empty shell, it does not mean anything until it is used by someone, here it’s ambivalent, 2 different “I” * Different sections of the book : defamiliarizing: 1) 17th century, 2) 12 dancing princess: out of time, 3) 1649 (very precise)

ont précipité et a subi le colonialisme. Il est important de citer cette approche d’un article critique du passe simple « Sent into the enemy camp-the French school system-to "familiarize himself with the arms of the enemy, “Driss, the adolescent narrator, ultimately uses these arms against his own people, and, in particular, against his theocratic and authoritarian father, the "Seigneur. “The West provides Driss with the skepticism necessary to reject the "Orient." In effect, the colonizer's hypocritical

Voices Still Heard, Contemporary Readings of French Renaissance Literature, Ed. John O’Brien et Malcolm Quainton, Liverpool University Press, 2000, pp. 124 : « Scholars have long attempted to establish the historical identity of Marguerite’s ten narrators, and it is generally agreed that the names she ascribes them are partially of imperfectly anagrammatic, suggestive of the character of biography of the person in question. Thus Parlamente may represente Marguerite herself. » 3 Giardina, Calogero

title also alludes to the four chapter titles, each named after a different character: “Uncle” (the uncle of one of the young men), “Sachish” (the young man himself ), “Damani” (the second of the two women), and “Sribalash” (Sachish’s friend, the narrator of the novel). In pronouncing these names, note that Bengali lacks an “S” sound, so the names of the two heroes begin with an “sh” sound. Haq provides an excellent glossary of terms and names at the end of his translation of the novel; his explanations

• Faire remarquer aux élèves la faute d’orthographe sur le panneau fiché dans l’eau (pirahna au lieu de piranha). Teamwork • Les tâches confiées aux différents groupes portent sur l’explicite et l’implicite. Team 1 fiche 1/26/1 A. 1. Eric 2. The narrator was 5 or 6 years old when the event took place. 3/d, 4/ad • Do you think the young boy’s act was justified: réponse personnelle. Team 2 fiche 1/26/2 A. 1a. gentle (b) • kind (d) • patience (h) 1b. He is a nice man. (a) • He is dominated by his wife

address and commonality of experience that bridge the gap between writer and reader. Whitman atteint, dans ces deux poèmes, l'intimité de la communauté de l'adresse et l'expérience que de combler le fossé entre l'écrivain et le lecteur. Whitman's narrator begins the poem "seeing" the flood tide and the setting sun more clearly than his fellow passengers on the ferry; he regards the crowds as so removed from him that he cannot understand them: Whitman narrateur commence le poème «voir» la marée montante