Le canular littéraire, ou hoax : Déconstruire pour mieux reconstruire de nouveaux paradigmes interprétatifs ?

Author(s)

  • Clara Sitbon

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18352/relief.899

Keywords:

literary hoax, deconstruction, authorship, Boris Vian, Vernon Sullivan

Abstract

Readers and critics, especially in France, have always frowned upon the literary hoax, notably because of its lack of seriousness and its playful aspect. When literary hoaxes are examined, it is always indirectly, through their creator. Yet, if we try to analyze it autonomously, it appears possible to draw new interpretive possibilities. The literary hoax, through its intrinsically deconstructive nature, could indeed appear as new interpretive tool inasmuch as it reveals the complex layers that shape the function of the author.

Author Biography

  • Clara Sitbon

    Clara Sitbon is a PhD candidate in the final stages of her thesis at the University of Newcastle in Australia. Her research focuses on establishing a theory of literary hoaxes, and examining its effect on authorship through the example of the famous Vernon Sullivan hoax (France, 1946-1950).

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Published

2014-12-24

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2014): Apollinaire and the Great War

Section

Articles - thematic dossier

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How to Cite

“Le canular littéraire, ou hoax : Déconstruire pour mieux reconstruire de nouveaux paradigmes interprétatifs ?” (2014) RELIEF - REVUE ÉLECTRONIQUE DE LITTÉRATURE FRANÇAISE, 8(2), pp. 92–105. doi:10.18352/relief.899.